wycky, good point. I read that as well and I think it might fit in. My friend mentioned that it's something to do with the conductivity of saltwater vs. freshwater (saltwater conducts more electricity).

I'd really love to see the aurora. They seem like they'd be beautiful, I'm trying to forecast a good aurora so I can make a trip, it seems like I may be able to know a good 40-80 hours in advance with the help of some knowledgeable minds.

How often do you see the aurora around Sudbury, tribewilder? I think the different colors are due to the ionization of certain chemicals in different parts of the atmosphere.. The color gives a hint to the chemical composition @ 50km I think? Someone correct that one if I'm wrong..

donhuangenaro's post is also interesting, because it shows what looks like a non solar (and REALLY FAST) something interacting with the magnetosphere. The only other thing I've seen like this is the spike around the time of the AF477 crash, so we've noticed these little "bumps" happening at 21-22 January 09, and also

2009-01-21
2009-06-01

Almost six months apart, can we find other examples? If we can deduce the frequency of these events, it might give us a good clue..

This is completely new subject matter for me, so if my post is irrevelevant to the subject, I apologize.

While I know nothing about the subject, I have noticed for the past week or so that cell-phone service and satellite television reception periodically just disappear. This is in areas that always have cell service and rarely have interupiton of satellite reception. This is with many providers, not just mine. It is very irritating and everyone is coming up with incredibly odd excuses for it. I've even had 6-bars on my phone and have been without service.

here in new york i remember an aruora back i think around 1995.at the time i had not seen one before and someone was outside on break and came running in saying that there was some kind of storm with green lights going on outside. everyone inside the factory went out and ill tell you what for the first min. i was freaking out. it was so bright every time it flashed and streaked through the sky it turned everything green. i have never seen anything like it since. i went to the aroura forcast page and they said the lights were going to be weak because the solar activity was low.from what im hearing from here they should be pretty bright though right?heres the address for the forcast model www.gedds.alaska.edu/aurorafortcast.can someone tell me if it is right?or should we be able to see the lights. also last week everyone i know had there cell phones shut off and not work. the message said further programing needed. could that be because of problems with the satalites?

Originally posted by brokenheadphonez
Also, if anyone has a GPS (I don't), check it. Tinker with it please? Also if anyone has a satellite dish for TV, check your reception. Leave a TV on if you have to. This is a great chance to study this!
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My GPS hasnt really had a problem, but I can tell you the SIRIUS radio in my car has been losing it's reception WAY more than usual. I can usually get a signal even if I'm parked in the garage...

Originally posted by The_Seeker
So, only to make an assumption of course:

I assume that, in reference to the Crop circle, that the second fully formed circle behind the Earth would be Venus then?

I think that other circle behind the earth is the moon. I think the circle is telling us that maybe when there's a full moon or lunar eclipse that something will happen. Maybe. Ok i have no idea. But thats what it looks like to me.
The size cale of the circle/picture also makes me think its the moon/earth system. Also Venus would be on the other side of the earth away from or in front of the 'bow', if i'm reading it correctly.

so....what does this mean, exactly? We're going to be bombarded soon? or are we being bombarded at the moment?

It means we had some activity over the weekend, and it's leveled off since then, but I expect it to start picking up over the summer. The sun has awoken from the extended slumber. Science can make predictions but... they're just that.

Also, to the member who asked about the aurora over New York, that aurora map seems like it'd be accurate. It'd take a BIG CME to pull the aurora that far south..

Also, I got to read some papers during a bus ride, so...I will post the relevant quotes from one:

Results of these studies are irrefutable; the human organism is sensitive to changes in environmental physical activity and reacts to them through a series of variations of its physiological parameters such as systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, bioelectrical activity of human brain, etc.

It is well established that both high and very low levels of GMA influence the number of some acute cardiac events (sudden cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction morbidity..

... during severe disturbances of geomagnetic field, the negative emotional background of a person is amplified. We conclude that changes in GMA mostly affect the activity of regulating systems related to high cortical mechanisms of regulation and sub-cortical integrative apparatuses."

Solar and Geomagnetic Activities and Related Effects on the Human physiological and Cardio-Health State: Some results of Azerbaijani and Collaborative Studies - Elchin S. Babayev

RePlY tO XKrossX

Thank you. What the Sun giveth, the Sun taketh away...

I've always been agnostic and vehemently opposed to the church (and organized religion in general..), and what I felt it stood for, but recently I've realized what Albert Einstein was saying

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

I think that what we're seeing nothing less than the hand(s) of the God(s), and I've come out of this with a profound renewal of my sense of personal spirituality.

And a hundred more questions...

There's so much beauty in nature. Nature = God = Nature.

I know it's cliché and vague, but the beauty of organized chaos, the fractal symmetry especially between the micro-macro.

My questions seem to be improving however.

Experiencing a little bit of buffer overflow, haha!

Also, I feel more relaxed. Hopefully this is really leveling off, or I'm just getting used to it. I neet a tin foil hat, that will protect me!!

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