Sunday, August 19, 2012

Epic Geomagnetic Storm Erupts

Epic Geomagnetic Storm Erupts
PSALM 68:2 2 AS SMOKE IS BLOWN AWAY, SO YOU BLOW [THEM] AWAY. AS WAX MELTS BEFORE THE FIRE, SO THE WICKED ARE DESTROYED BEFORE GOD.

"AS WAX MELTS BEFORE THE FIRE" - YAHWEH'S SCORCH PROPHECY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE END TIME.

JUDGMENT IS UPON ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH AND YAHWEH USES HER ARSENAL OF WEAPONS FOUND IN NATURE, WHICH INCLUDES THE SUN, TO BRING WRATH UPON THE WICKED. "SO THE WICKED ARE DESTROYED BEFORE GOD."

Right this moment, there's an epic magnetic battle raging above our heads.

On Monday, at around 2 p.m. ET, a coronal mass ejection (CME) slammed into the Earth's magnetosphere. According to NASA's Space Weather Laboratory, the conditions were just right for the CME's magnetic field to compress the Earth's magnetosphere so much that, for a short time (between 3:06 p.m and 3:11 p.m. ET), energetic solar wind particles penetrated as deep as geosynchronous orbit -- home to hundreds of communication satellites.

Although the interactions between solar plasma and Earth's magnetic field are often invisible, tonight is an exception. Vast aurorae are rippling through the atmosphere at very low latitudes.

At time of writing, the US was being given a dazzling show as Spaceweather.com reports:

Northern Lights have spilled across the Canadian border into the contiguous USA. Sighting reports have come from as far south as Arkansas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Kentucky, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Maryland, New York, Ohio and central California.

Yes, "central California!" To see some of the auroral displays, the Universe Today has a few reader's photos featured. My personal favorite is an earlier photograph taken in Norway. - DISCOVERYNEWS

THEY'RE BACK AND SCIENTISTS AREN'T EXACTLY SURE WHY: RED NIGHT AURORA BURST OVER U.S. SKIES

A coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth on Oct. 24th at approximately 1800 UT (2:00 pm EDT). The impact strongly compressed Earth's magnetic field, directly exposing geosynchronous satellites to solar wind plasma, and sparked an intense geomagnetic storm. As night fell over North America, auroras spilled across the Canadian border into the contiguous United States. Indeed, the display spread all the way down to Arkansas. "When I saw the alert, I ran outside and immediately saw red auroras," reports Brian Emfinger from the city of Ozark. "Within a few minutes the auroras went crazy! Unbelievable!" Auroras were seen or photographed in more than half of all US states including Alabama, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Montana, Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington, Minnesota, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Arkansas and California. Many observers, especially in the deep south, commented on the pure red color of the lights they saw. These rare all-red auroras sometimes appear during intense geomagnetic storms. They occur some 300 to 500 km above Earth's surface and are not yet fully understood. The storm is subsiding now. Nevertheless, high-latitude sky watchers should remain alert for auroras as Earth's magnetic field continues to reverberate from the CME impact. -Space Weather

Filed under: Signs in Earth Changes, Signs in Natural Disasters, Signs in the Heavens Tagged: CME, Coronal Mass ejection, Earth's Magnetic Field, Magnetosphere, Northern Lights, Solar Flares