Some conspiracy theorists claim the three events in the same day are a warning. GETTY
March 7, 2016 - SPACE - Conspiracy theorists are stocking up on food supplies amid fears the world could end in just TWO days when a total eclipse of the sun, super full moon and staggeringly close asteroid pass of earth are set to happen within 24 hours.
On March 8 asteroid TX 68, a 30-metre long lump of space rock, is due to whistle past Earth as close as 19,000 miles away.
But doom mongers are not convinced it will miss us with fears we won't be able to see it because it will be obscured by the sun.
The looming event has sent online doomsday predictors into a frenzy, particularly as NASA admits it is uncertain of the orbital path and has given estimates as close as 19,000 miles away to as far as 11 million miles.
The US space agency has also changed the DAY of the pass with the initial date being given as yesterday, March 5.
Now NASA says it will be on Tuesday, March 8.
The uncertainty over the pass coupled with the fact some online doom mongers were predicting an asteroid would smash into earth in March 2016 several months ago, has fuelled the latest fears.
Some self-styled internet prophets released videos several months ago warning an asteroid, or even a mythological rogue planet called Nibiru or Planet X, would strike Earth in March 2016, and could spell the end of the word.
Express.co.uk found several YouTube videos released six months or more ago, before there was any widespread talk of asteroid TX68's cosmic close shave.
A NASA animation showing how the total eclipse will unfold. NASA
It must be noted that videos also appear to exist for a number of other months and appear to be update when one date comes and goes without incident.
But if all this was not enough to pedal a doomsday prophecy, the conspiracists have been given more on a plate.
March 8 will also see a total solar eclipse in some parts of the globe, and a massive super full moon - the first of 2016.
In a video entitled 'Armageddon March 8th???', YouTube filmmaker Mike Morales questioned how NASA could say for sure it would not strike the planet, saying they didn't have the evidence to back it up either way.
Speaking of the total eclipse and super moon, he said: "We also have asteroid 2013 TX68 coming the exact same day and what they are saying is we won't be able to see or track it with a telescope because it is coming from the sun's side.
"This is a big heads up. is it Armageddon, who knows, but no mainstream news is warning us, NASA is not warning, so I am going to get ready like they are. Make sure you have got plenty of food supplies and water.
"It could definitely come inside our satellite belt. This thing could take out our satellites and could our gravitation pull or the moon's gravitational pull move it in?"
WATCH: Path of March 2016 Total Solar Eclipse (Animation)
Regular asteroid and earthquake watcher, YouTube channel BPEarthWatch released a video with other concerns.
The video said: "We got a great amount of uncertainty.
"They now know it is moving slower or orbiting for slightly longer. It has a condition code of seven to nine and nine is the highest code of uncertainty.
"There is a cluster of debris coming with it we can't see because it is between Earth and the sun.
"They cannot see the object, are not picking it up on radar and have not given any new data.
"This is definitely one to pay attention to, head up and be safe."
YouTube channel Nemesis Maturity posted a video about the events this month.
Screen grab from Nemesis Maturity video showing the celestial line up. NEMESISMATURITY YouTube
Although it did not predict the end of the world would result, it warned of increased tidal activity and introduced the obligatory conspiracists's code into the mix.
The short film said TX68 would pass on March 8 - the 68th day of 2016.
It also pointed out we are due for 68 total solar eclipses this century.
WATCH: Supermoon Coincides With Total Solar Eclipses And Asteroid Flyby.
Video subtitles said: "The super moon will line up with the sun to create a larger than average effect on earth's oceans."
The odd astronomical trio has seen the religious doommongers enter the ring as well with their own prophecies.
So what is the truth?
Well NASA said it is certain it will not hit us or pose any danger this year, although this is a very slim outside chance of a strike next year.
Professor Gary Shogren, a former pastor who studied the New Testament at Aberdeen University, said: "You’ll never go broke predicting the apocalypse". - Express.
March 20, 2015 - SPACE
- People across Europe and other parts of the world gazed with awe skywards on Friday to see a rare type of solar eclipse, which has coincided with other celestial events such as the spring equinox and a supermoon.
Only those in parts of the Artic and the north of Europe were lucky enough to witness the eclipse in its totality. But millions were able to see a partial eclipse in other parts of Europe, North Africa and West Asia.
The rare coincidence of the solar eclipse and the vernal equinox is not expected to occur until the year 2034. The supermoon is a phenomenon, which sees the moon’s position closer to Earth than usual.
However, some viewers of the rare celestial show were disappointed as clouds obscured the sky over Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands.
"It was overcast, there was rain and wind. You could see nothing. It was a disappointment for everybody," Gabor Lantos, a Hungarian tourist, told Reuters. "Some tourists were so irritated, they argued with tour operators, demanding their money back."
Others were more thrilled despite the cloudy weather.
"It was worth coming here from Australia, probably not as good as the 2012 eclipse we saw in Cairns, but still worth coming," said Australian visitor Michael Tonks. Street lights came on automatically as the sky blackened.
Astronomers and onlookers also gathered on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago to watch the eclipse: the sun became almost completely obscured there. "We couldn't ask for more. It was stunning," Ronny Brunvoll, head of the Visit Svalbard organization told Reuters.
WATCH: Supermoon solar eclipse thrills sky gazers.
The event gave scientists a rare opportunity to carry out tests of the solar atmosphere, the corona, the temperature of which is about twice as hot as the sun.
People started booking hotel accommodation at the archipelago in 2008 to see the supermoon eclipse, forcing some tourists to stay in tents despite running the risk of a surprise rendezvous with polar bears.
In places like London and Paris, observers didn’t get much of a sense of darkness, and Patrick Rocher of the IMCCE astronomy institute in France explained that it’s because the sun “still brightens up (the sky) a lot even at 20 percent,” as cited by AFP.
What’s more, clouds covered a big part of Northern Europe, so only a few spots experienced the event in full, one being Berlin.
In Moscow, where the weather was clear, people took to the streets to watch the partial eclipse and could later see the footage of the full eclipse on a big screen in the city center, as well as in the metro by connecting to the system’s WiFi. - RT.
The moment of totality during the solar eclipse (Reuters / Howard Burditt)
March 9, 2015 - EUROPE
- This spring should reward plenty of star-gazers, especially in
Britain, which will experience its deepest solar eclipse in 15 years, as
well as a Supermoon, all at the same time – an event that will sink the
island into twilight for two whole hours.
The Supermoon eclipse,
as the phenomenon is known, is an astronomical alignment where the Moon
is sent on a trajectory between the Sun and the Earth, depriving us of
light. The event will occur on March 20 at around 8:40GMT.
Scotland
will have it best though, with a whopping 98 percent of the sky
darkened, compared to about 85 percent for the south of England. For
best results the Scottish need to look up starting 9:36 am.
Other areas in Britain will only get around 30 percent.
Similar
events took place in 2006, 2008 and 2011, but neither of them can touch
the upcoming Supermoon eclipse, except an event that occurred in 1999.
We’ll
have to wait three years for the next one in 2018. However, only 2026
will present us with a deep solar eclipse once again. As for the
magnitude, it won’t be until 2090 that we get to see anything like the
1999 and upcoming March 20 events.
Whenever particularly striking
displays take place, it is because the Moon is close to the Earth.
According to Dr Edward Bloomer of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich,
the March eclipse will see the Moon closer to us than it has been in
more than 18 years. “The Earth is orbiting around the Sun and
sometimes is slightly closer and sometimes further away, and the Earth
is also wobbling around on its axis,” the Telegraph cites him as saying. “Likewise
the orbit of the Moon around the Earth is elliptical and slightly
tilted so it’s rare for the Sun, Earth and Moon to actually line up,” he also said. And when the Moon’s orbit is as close as possible to the Earth’s, we have a total eclipse, Bloomer explains.
That’s
when the Supermoon appears, and that is what will take place in Britain
in a few days, as our satellite appears to us as an enormous black,
glowing orb, shortly before March 20.
Reuters / Michaela Rehle
The only thing the Brits
have to worry about is weather. It can potentially ruin their viewing
experience, with the possibility of clouds and rain.
But if skies
are clear, another treat for everyone will be the moon itself. With such
proximity and lighting conditions, a pair of binoculars will give the
viewer surface details that could never be seen with the naked eye.
However,
it’s not just the fun factor of such events that is attracting
attention. The Brits are afraid it might cause power grid failures as
well. The National Grid says around 50 percent of power will be lost
throughout the morning hours later in March.
But Britain will
remain relatively unscathed, compared to its European neighbors, where
up to 10 percent of energy is generated sustainably, meaning they depend
more on the sun. According to the UK’s energy body, only 1.5 percent of
power there is generated by solar panels. And since people will be
going out in droves to watch the spectacle, energy consumption should
drop almost at the same time the shortages will strike, it says.
The European Network Transmission System Operators for Electricity says, according to the Independent, “with
the increase of installed photovoltaic energy generation, the risk of
an incident could be serious without appropriate countermeasures.” "Within
30 minutes the solar power production would decrease from 17.5
gigawatts to 6.2GW and then increase again up to 24.6GW. This means that
within 30 minutes the system will have to adapt to a load change of
-10GW to +15GW," said Patrick Graichen, executive director of the
Berlin-based think-tank on renewable energy Agora Energiewende, as cited
by the Financial Times.
While the world is only hearing about the
Supermoon eclipse now, energy companies have been preparing for the
event for months in advance, some in Europe setting up contingency
measures for extracting energy from other power stations.
Experts
predict that precautionary methods will only increase with time, as more
solar energy becomes increasingly commonplace. - RT.
June 21, 2013 - SPACE - Full moon falls on June 23, 2013 at 11:32 UTC (6:32 a.m. CDT in the U.S.). Thus, for many, the moon appears about as full in the June 22 evening sky as it does on the evening of June 23. This full moon is not only the closest and largest full moon of the year. It also presents the moon’s closest encounter with Earth for all of 2013. The moon will not be so close again until August, 2014. In other words, it’s not just a supermoon. It’s the closest supermoon of 2013.
At United States’ time zones, the moon will turn full on June 23 at 7:32 a.m. EDT, 6:32 a.m. CDT, 5:32 a.m. MDT and 4:32 a.m. PDT.
We astronomers call this sort of close full moon a perigee full moon. The word perigee describes the moon’s closest point to Earth for a given month. Two years ago, when the closest and largest full moon fell on March 19, 2011, many used the term supermoon, which we’d never heard before. Last year, we heard this term again to describe the year’s closest full moon on May 6, 2012. Now the term supermoon is being used a lot. Last month’s full moon – May 24-25, 2013 – was also a supermoon. But the June full moon is even more super! In other words, the time of full moon falls even closer to the time of perigee, the moon’s closest point to Earth. The crest of the moon’s full phase in June 2013, and perigee, fall within an hour of each other.
What does supermoon mean exactly? And how special is the June 23, 2013 supermoon?
Astronomers say it’s tough to notice the difference in size between a
supermoon and any other full moon. But photographs show it. Check out
this size comparison from our friend Alec Jones in the UK.
The supermoon of March 19, 2011 (right), compared to an average moon of
December 20, 2010 (left). Note the size difference. Image via Marco
Langbroek, the Netherlands, via Wikimedia Commons.
What is a supermoon? The word supermoon didn’t come from astronomy. Instead, it came from astrology. Astrologer Richard Nolle of the website astropro.com takes credit for coining the term supermoon. In 1979, he defined it as:
…a new or full moon which occurs with the moon at or near
(within 90% of) its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit
(perigee). In short, Earth, moon and sun are all in a line, with moon in
its nearest approach to Earth.
By this definition, according to Nolle:
There are 4-6 supermoons a year on average.
That doesn’t sound very special, does it? In fact, the June 2013 full moon lines up much more closely with perigee – the moon’s closest point to Earth – than Nolle’s original definition. According to Guy Ottewell’s Astronomical Calendar 2013, the 2013 June full moon falls only 22 minutes after the moon reaches perigee, the moon’s closest point to Earth for this month and year.
At perigee, the moon lies only 356,991 kilometers (221,824 miles)
away. Two weeks later, on July 7, the moon will swing out to apogee – its farthest point for the month and year – at 406,490 kilometers (252,581 miles) distant.
Day and night sides of Earth at instant of June 22-23 full moon
Day and night sides of Earth at instant of full moon (2013 June 23 at
11:32 Universal Time). In North America, the full moon is setting in the
west at sunrise on June 23. From eastern Asia, it’s rising in the east
at sunset. The full moon resides close to zenith – straight overhead – as seen from the Samoan islands in the central South Pacific Ocean. Image credit: Earth and Moon Viewer
How super is this supermoon? June 2013 presents the
moon’s closest encounter with Earth until August 10, 2014, at which
time the moon will be a scant 5 kilometers closer to Earth. The full
moon will come even closer to Earth on September 28, 2015 (356,877
kilometers) and closer yet on November 14, 2016 (356,509 kilometers).
November 2016 will feature the closest full moon until November 25,
2034! Maybe this helps you see that supermoons – while interesting – are
fairly routine astronomical events.
Even the proximity of full moon with perigee isn’t all that rare.
The extra-close moon in all of these years – 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,
2015 and 2016 – finds the full moon taking place at or nearly the same
hour as lunar perigee. More often than not, the closest perigee of the
year comes on the one day of the year that the full moon and perigee
most closely coincide. (See table below.)
How often is moon both full and closest to Earth?
Closest full moons recur in cycles of 14 lunar (synodic) months, because
14 lunar months almost exactly equal 15 returns to perigee (moon’s
closest point to Earth). A lunar month refers to the time period between successive full moons, a mean period of 29.53059 days. An anomalistic month refers to successive returns to perigee, a period of 27.55455 days.
Hence:
14 x 29.53059 days = 413.428 days
15 x 27.55455 days = 413.318 days
This time period is equal to about 1 year, 1 month, and 18 days. The
full moon and perigee will realign again on August 10, 2014, because
the 14th full moon after the 2013 June 23 full moon will fall on that
date.
Looking further into the future, the perigee full moon will come
closer than 356,500 kilometers for the first time in the 21st century on
November 25, 2034 (356,446 km). The closest full moon of the 21st
century will fall on December 6, 2052 (356,425 km).
For the moon to come closer than 356,400 kilometers (221,457 miles)
is quite a feat. In fact, this won’t happen at all in the 21st century
(2001-2100) or the 22nd century (2101-2200). The last time the full moon
perigee swung this close to Earth was on January 14, 1930 (356,397 km),
and the next time won’t be till January 1, 2257 (356,371 km).
Will the tides be higher than usual? Yes, all full
moons bring higher-than-usual tides, and perigee full moons bring the
highest (and lowest) tides of all. Each month, on the day of the full
moon, the moon, Earth and sun are aligned, with Earth in between. This
line up creates wide-ranging tides, known as spring tides.
High spring tides climb up especially high, and on the same day low tides plunge especially low.
Today’s extra-close full moon accentuates these monthly (full moon) spring tides all the more.
If you live along a coastline, watch for high tides caused by the June 23 perigee full moon – or supermoon
– over the next several days. Will the high tides cause flooding?
Probably not, unless a strong weather system moves into the coastline
where you are. Still, keep an eye on the weather, because storms do
have a large potential to accentuate high spring tides.
As a result, if you live near a coast, you’ll want to be on the lookout for higher-than-usual tides.
Because the moon – as always – shines opposite the sun in our sky at
full moon, you’ll see the moon beaming all night tonight from dusk until
dawn. This extra-close full moon is likely to usher in large tides
along the ocean shorelines for the next several days, especially if
these high tides are accompanied by strong onshore winds.
Bottom line: The full moon of June 22-23, 2013 is the closest and
largest full moon of this year. By a new definition – one that has just
entered the world of astronomy from astrology – many will call it a supermoon.
There are three full moons in 2013 that meet the definition of a
supermoon – May, June and July. But this June 22-23 full moon is the
most super of the supermoons! A super-duper moon! - Earth Sky.
May 25, 2013 - SPACE - A trio of bright planets is shining together in the sunset sky, a
must-see night sky sight for stargazers this Memorial Day weekend.
Mercury, Jupiter and Venus appear close together in the sky, May 24-26, 2013.
CREDIT: Sky & Telescope
Three planets — Jupiter, Venus and Mercury
— can be now be seen in the western sky at dusk, weather permitting, in
a rare and beautiful gathering that changes from night to night.
Astronomers call a meeting of objects in the night sky a conjunction,
but this planet parade is better described as a "Grand Conjunction."
The brightest of the three planets is dazzling Venus,
of course. Jupiter and fainter Mercury will also be very close by. All
the action is taking place low in the west-northwest sky about 45
minutes to an hour after sunset where, over a span of a week, the three
planets will seem to perform slow acrobatics; some might go so far as to
call it a celestial pas de trios (French for a ballet of three), low in the evening sky. All three planets will be readily visible to the naked eye, but binoculars will certainly enhance the view.
WATCH: Solar Eclipse & Evening Planets - May 2013 Skywatching Guide.
Planets on parade
From Friday to Tuesday (May 24 to May 29), Jupiter, Mercury and Venus
will fit within a 5-degree circle — small enough to fit inside the bowl
of the Big Dipper — an unusual configuration called a "trio." The
planets will appear closest together on May 26th, when they are
separated by less than 2.5 degrees. For comparison, your closed fist
held out at arm's length covers about 10 degrees of the night sky.
Here is a chance to see for oneself that nearby solar system objects
generally seem to move faster than more distant ones. Tonight (May 24),
after darkness falls, we'll have a planet configuration in Taurus the Bull
consisting of Mercury (109.5 million miles), Venus (153.3 million
miles), and Jupiter (563.4 million). The motions of Mercury and Venus
can be detected with the naked eye from one night to the next, but
Jupiter's travel against the background stars is not very noticeable in
even a week.
Also during the next few weeks we'll be treated to an exceptionally
favorable elongation of Mercury for Northern Hemisphere observers. The
planet's angular distance from the sun will reach a maximum of 24
degrees on June 12, about 4 degrees less than the greatest possible.
Mercury, Jupiter and Venus appear close together in the sky, May 30-31, 2013.
CREDIT: Sky & Telescope
Plan your planet conjunction watch
Here are some key local dates of events for skywatchers viewing at dusk in North America. You can see a video of the three planets' path here as they move across the night sky. May 24: Mercury appears 1.4 degrees above Venus; Jupiter sits 4 degrees to their upper left. May 26: This is the evening that the planet trio is
tightest together — all three fit within a circle less than 2.5 degrees
wide. They form a triangle with Mercury at the top, Jupiter at the lower
left corner and Venus at the lower right. The Venus-Jupiter and
Venus-Mercury gaps are both almost exactly 2 degrees. And Mercury is in
conjunction with Jupiter, the pair separated by 2.4 degrees. May 28: The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter
are closest together, separated by just one degree (equal to the
apparent width of two full moons). In the days leading up to now,
Jupiter closes in on Venus from the upper left. This evening, Jupiter
appears below and to the left of Venus and in the evenings that follow,
then heads on down toward the glow of sunset. Jupiter's brightness
easily rivals Sirius, the brightest star
in the night sky, yet shines only one-sixth as bright as Venus. Even
though Jupiter is on the far side of the sun and about as small as it
ever appears, in a telescope it still shows the largest disk of any
planet. Meanwhile, Mercury shines more than 3.5 degrees above Jupiter.
May 31: The three planets are now separating and going
their separate ways; Jupiter sinking lower while Venus and Mercury edge
higher up. All three are now stretched out and equally spaced in a
diagonal line from upper left to lower right, spanning 8 degrees.
Mercury is the highest, Venus is in the middle and Jupiter is down at
the lower right.
Just after sunset on Sunday May 26, the three brightest planets, Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury, will form a perfect tiny triangle in the western sky.CREDIT: Starry Night Software
Planets compared
Consider some of the interesting contrasts between these three worlds: Mercury
is the smallest and closest planet to the sun; a rocky world with a
surface very similar in appearance to that of the Moon, showing
extensive basaltic-like plains and heavy cratering, indicating that it
probably has been geologically inactive for billions of years.
Venus has often been referred to as our "sister" planet in terms of
size, but is so shrouded in a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide that
its brilliance in our sky is largely due to its high reflectivity (about
76 percent). Thanks to that thick cloud blanket Venus is also the hottest planet, with temperatures of up to 872 degrees F (467 degrees C). Jupiter
is an entirely different kind of planet. It is the largest in our solar
system and enveloped in a thick dense atmosphere composed chiefly of
hydrogen and helium, and is icy cold (minus 234 degrees F or minus 145
degrees C). Ordinarily it appears second only to Venus in brightness,
its remoteness being compensated by its great size. Its surface area is
about 130 times that of Venus. It makes one wonder just how the ancient
Romans decided to name Jupiter after the chief of the gods, although
they knew nothing concerning the planet’s physical characteristics.
The evening planets – Mercury, Venus and Jupiter – as they appear on May 24. They set shortly after sunset
whereas the full moon stays out all night long on May 24/25. For North
America, Mercury and Venus are in conjunction on the evening of May 24.
After the planets depart
As we transition from May into June, Mercury will be fading steadily,
experiencing an 11-fold decrease in brightness in less than a month. As a
consequence, this so-called "elusive planet" will be far easier to spot
during this upcoming week when it will be brighter as well as setting
about 1.5 hours after the sun as seen from mid-northern latitudes.
Friday, May 31, may very well be the last evening Jupiter will be
readily visible for most observers. In the days that follow, the
combination of low altitude and the bright evening twilight will team up
to effectively hide it from our view until it reappears in the morning
sky early in July.
As for Venus, it will slowly become easier to see in the western
evening sky, but the operative word is slowly." Not until early
September will Venus set until after the end of twilight and it’s saving
it best showing for late November and early December when it will be
more than twice as bright as it is now and will be setting three hours
after the sun. - SPACE.
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse On May 25, 2013.
The moon took the smallest of dips through the Earth's shadow
in a minor eclipse last night (May 24) and you can watch the lunar event
live online via a webcast. The lackluster lunar eclipse
will star in a free webcast by the Slooh Space Camera, which offers
live views of the night sky via remotely operated telescopes. The
eclipse webcast began at 11:37 p.m. EDT (0337 May 25 GMT).
This image from the Space Telescope Science Institute depicts the penumbral lunar eclipse expected to occur on May 24, 2013.
You can watch the lunar eclipse webcast on SPACE.com
courtesy of the Slooh Space Camera. The event comes on the heels of a
"ring of fire" solar eclipse on May 10 and another partial lunar eclipse
on April 25.
Stargazing experts predict that tonight's eclipse won't be anywhere
near as impressive as the other recent eclipses because only a tiny
sliver of the May full moon will pass through the penumbra, the
outermost part of Earth's shadow.
"It will thus be
impossible to notice anything out of the ordinary concerning the moon's
overall appearance," SPACE.com's skywatching columnist Joe Rao explained
in a viewing guide today. "It will, in fact look like any other full moon."
Lunar eclipses
can only occur when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from
the sun, which occurs during the full moon phase. When the moon is
perfectly aligned with the Earth, it is completely in the Earth's
shadow, causing a total lunar eclipse that can yield amazing views of a
blood-red moon. However, the moon's orbit is tilted, so it does not line
up perfectly each month. When the moon only passes through part of the
Earth's shadow, it causes a partial lunar eclipse. A dip through the
outer edges of the shadow, like tonight's eclipse, is a penumbral lunar
eclipse.
A map shows the area where the penumbral lunar eclipse of May 25, 2013, will be visible on Earth.
Tonight's penumbral lunar eclipse will be primarily visible from the
Americas and western Africa, according to NASA eclipse expert Fred
Espenak at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. It will begin at
11:53 p.m. EDT (0353 GMT) and end just before 12:27 a.m. EDT (0427
GMT). The time of greatest eclipse, when the moon will be at its deepest
point into Earth's shadow, will be at 12:10 a.m. EDT (0410 GMT),
according to Espenak.
The Slooh eclipse webcast will originate from two telescope feeds
from the firm's observatory in the Canary Islands off the west coast of
Africa. The webcast will include a recorded audio commentary by
astronomer Bob Berman of Astronomy magazine.
The moon will barely graze Earth's penumbra of May 25, 2013, as shown in this diagram.
You can follow the webcast directly from the Slooh Space Camera here: http://www.slooh.com/
The full moon of each month has a series of traditional names given by
many different cultures. The full moon of May is most widely known as
the Full Flower Moon, but has also been called the Milk Full Moon and
the Corn Planting Full Moon. - Huffington Post.
Supermoon And Slight Penumbral Eclipse For Full Moon On May 24-25.
In 2013, the May full moon presents the third full moon after the
March equinox. In North America we often call this particular full moon
the Flower Moon, Rose Moon or Strawberry Moon. That star by tonight’s
full moon is Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius
the Scorpion. Plus the moon is one day away from lunar perigee
– the moon’s closest point to Earth for this month. By a newly coined
popular definition, that makes this May 24-25 full moon a supermoon. And the moon will undergo an extremely minor penumbral lunar eclipse
tonight. With a penumbral eclipse magnitude of 0.0158, just 0.5
arc-minutes of the moon’s southern limb will pass into Earth’s pale
penumbral shadow. It’s such a shallow eclipse that it’ll be mainly of
academic interest and very difficult to detect. For more about the May 2013 lunar eclipse, click here.
Jv Noriega in Manila, Philippines sent in this photo of tonight’s supermoon.
When exactly is the May 2013 full moon? The May 2013 full moon falls at the same instant all over the world: May 25 at 4:25 Universal Time.
Clock time and/or date for this full moon – and every full moon –
will vary by time zone. For London, the moon turns will at 5:25 a.m.
BST on the morning of May 25; that means the moon will appear more full
on the night of May 24-25 than on the night of May 25-26. Likewise, for
the U.S. East Coast, the moon turns full on May 25 at 12:25 a.m. EDT.
Meanwhile, for all places to the west of the U.S. Eastern Daylight Time
zone, the moon turns full not on May 25 … but on May 24 at 11:25 p.m.
CDT, 10:25 p.m. MDT and 9:25 p.m. PDT.
Technically speaking, the moon turns full at the instant that the
moon lies most opposite the sun for the month. For general reference,
though, we can say the moon is full all night long. Because the May
24-25 moon stays more or less opposite the sun throughout the night,
watch for the full moon to rise in the east around sunrise, climb
highest up in the sky around midnight and to set in the west around
sunrise.
As seen from most of the world – when the moon rises on the evening of May 25 – it’ll be a waning moon. - EarthSky.
The shadow of the moon swept across the globe from Hong Kong to the Texas Panhandle as a rare annular solar eclipse began Monday morning in Asia and traversed the Pacific. The sun appeared as a thin ring behind the moon to people in a narrow path along the center of the track, which began in southern China.
Joel Dykstra unexpectedly captured the ring of fire from his backyard in Roswell, New Mexico.
Heavy clouds obscured the view in Hong Kong, but residents of Tokyo and other cities were able to get a spectacular view for about four minutes around 7:32 a.m. Monday (6:32 p.m. ET Sunday). Events were held at schools and museums in Japan, while many more people took in the unusual astronomical event at home or on street corners. After whizzing across the Pacific, the shadow emerged over northern California and southern Oregon, where thousands of people attended parties to watch the event, the first to appear in the United States since 1994. Experts warned that hopeful viewers should not peer up at the sky without special viewing equipment, since looking at the sun with the naked eye can cause blindness. Derek Ralston, a professional photographer, said he used a welding filter to capture a direct view of eclipse in the foothills above Oroville, California. He shared the photo on CNN iReport. Noting "the rather slim swath of the globe who could see the impact of the eclipse," Ralston said he wanted to enable "the rest of the world to see how clear it looked to those of us who were fortunate enough to see it."
The sliver of sunshine then traveled southeast across central Nevada, southern Utah and northern Arizona, and then New Mexico. It passed over Albuquerque, New Mexico, about 7:34 p.m. (9:34 p.m. ET) before petering out east of Lubbock, Texas, according to NASA. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and sun at the farthest point of its orbit, meaning it will block less than the entire sun. That leaves a large, bright ring around it as it passes. Patrick Wiggins, a NASA ambassador in Salt Lake City, said he always looked forward to seeing people's reactions to such events. "You get everything from stoic, staring into the sky ... to people breaking down and crying, they're just so moved," he said. Aaron Lin, an 8th-grade student from Moraga, California, said a tree in his family's yard had served as unexpected natural viewing device on Sunday. The leaves of the tree, whose shadow falls on the side of the family's house, broke up the light from the eclipse into scores of tiny crescents on the wall, he said. "I was so shocked by these shadows because it looked like a painting or computer art," said Aaron, 13. The next solar eclipse will be on November 13, and is expected to be visible over northern Australia, according to NASA. - KTLA.
WATCH: Rare annular solar eclipse seen across Asia.
On May 20, 2012, a annular solar eclipse will be visible across the Pacific
from the coast of China to the southwestern USA.
The eclipse starts on
May 21st in China and moves eastwards to southwestern USA on
May 20, 2012. Unfortunately the eclipse will be visible only in limited
parts of the Earth. Eclipse will be visible in east of China, South
Korea, Japan, Pacific and the west of USA and Canada. Map of the eclipse path, here also check the Google map of the eclipse path, here. On the Google map click on your location to see the eclipse times.
Animated map of the eclipse, here.
An annular eclipse occurs when the Sun and Moon are exactly in line, but
the apparent size of the Moon is smaller than that of the Sun. Hence
the Sun appears as a very bright ring, or annulus, surrounding the
outline of the Moon. - Astro Madness.
WATCH: Annular solar eclipse of May 20, 2012.
The sun is our nearest star and a warm light in the cold depths of
space. It can also be a tantalizing target for skywatchers during solar eclipses
and rare planetary transits across its surface, when viewed from Earth.
But the sun is, first and foremost, a bright star and observers must
take care during observing sessions.
WARNING:NEVER look directly at the sun through binoculars, a telescope
or with your unaided eye. Serious eye damage and even blindness can
result. Scientists and experienced skywatchers use special filters and
glasses to safely observe the sun. Some methods are described in the SPACE.com Infographic above. One of the easiest ways to observe the sun is with a pinhole projector.
To make one, you will need two cards. One card should have a small hole
punched in it, while the other card remains blank. The light through
the card with the hole can then be projected onto the blank card,
allowing a solar eclipse or large sunspots to be seen. A pair of binoculars can also stand in for the pinhole, with the light
from the sun being projected onto the blank card through the eyepiece. Special eclipse glasses and welder's goggles rated at 14 or higher are also acceptable for solar viewing. NEVERuse regular sunglasses to observe the sun as they do not provide adequate protection.
The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrived Saturday night as our celestial neighbor passed closer to Earth than usual. Saturday's event was a "supermoon," the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. At 11:34 p.m., the moon was about 221,802 miles from Earth. That's about 15,300 miles closer than average.
That proximity makes the moon appear about 14% bigger than it would if the moon were at its farthest distance, said Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory. The difference in appearance is so small that "you'd be very hard-pressed to detect that with the unaided eye," he said. The moon's distance from Earth varies because it follows an elliptical orbit rather than a circular one. Like any full moon, the supermoon would appear bigger when it's on or near the horizon rather than higher in the sky, thanks to an optical illusion, Chester noted. The full moon appears on the horizon at sunset. On the East coast, for example, that will be a bit before 8 p.m. Saturday. The supermoon and unusually high tides are linked because of the moon's closeness and its alignment with the sun and Earth, Chester said. The last supermoon, on March 19, 2011, was about 240 miles closer than this year's will be.
Next year's will be a bit farther away than this year's. But no matter how far away a full moon is, it's not going to make people kill themselves or others, commit other crimes, get admitted to a psychiatric hospital or do anything else that popular belief suggests, a psychologist says. Studies that have tried to document such connections have found "pretty much a big mound of nothing, as far as I can tell," said Scott Lilienfeld of Emory University. Lilienfeld, an author of 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology, said the notion of full moons causing bizarre behavior ranks among the top 10 myths because "it's so widely held and it's held with such conviction." Why do people cling to the idea? Lilienfeld said a key reason could be the way people pay attention to things. If something unusual happens to occur during a full moon, people who believe the myth take note and remember, even telling other people because it confirms their ideas. But when another full moon appears and nothing out of the ordinary occurs, "they're not very likely to remember" or point it out to others. So in the end, he said, all they remember are the coincidences. - Detroit Free Press.
The eta Aquarid meteor shower, due to peak on May 5-6, is already underway. Cameras in NASA's All-Sky Fireball Network
have picked up more than a dozen eta-fireballs this week, including
seven last night alone.
NASA astronomer Bill Cooke prepared this diagram
showing the orbits of the fireballs detected so far.
"The purple line traces the orbit of Halley's Comet, source of the eta
Aquarids," says Cooke. "Blue lines are orbits of the individual
fireballs determined from simultaneous observations by multiple
cameras." A statistical analysis of the data
shows that the fireballs hit Earth's atmosphere traveling about 66 km/s
(139,000 mph) and disintegrated about 90 km (52 mi) above Earth's
surface.
Forecasters expect the shower to peak this weekend; the best time to
look is during the hours before sunrise on Sunday, May 6th. Because the
shower's radiant is located below the celestial equator, southern
hemisphere observers are favored, but even northerners should be able to
see a few eta Aquarids. Super-bright moonlight will cap the meteor rate at about 30 per hour. - Space Weather.
The full Moon has a reputation for trouble. It raises high tides, it makes dogs howl, it wakes you up in the middle of the night with beams of moonlight stealing through drapes. If a moonbeam wakes you up on the night of May 5th, 2012, you might want to get out of bed and take a look. This May's full Moon is a "super Moon," as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full Moons of 2012.
The scientific term for the phenomenon is "perigee moon." Full Moons vary in size because of the oval shape of the Moon's orbit. The Moon follows an elliptical path around Earth with one side ("perigee") about 50,000 km closer than the other ("apogee"). Full Moons that occur on the perigee side of the Moon's orbit seem extra big and bright. Such is the case on May 5th at 11:34 pm Eastern Daylight Time1 when the Moon reaches perigee. Only one minute later, the Moon will line up with Earth and the sun to become brilliantly full. The timing is almost perfect. Okay, the Moon is 14% bigger than usual, but can you really tell the difference? It's tricky. There are no rulers floating in the sky to measure lunar diameters. Hanging high overhead with no reference points to provide a sense of scale, one full Moon can seem much like any other. The best time to look is when the Moon is near the horizon. For reasons not fully understood by astronomers or psychologists, low-hanging Moons look unnaturally large when they beam through trees, buildings and other foreground objects. On May 5th, this Moon illusion will amplify a full Moon that's extra-big to begin with. The swollen orb rising in the east at sunset should seem super indeed.
Folklore holds that all kinds of wacky things happen under the light of a full Moon. Supposedly, hospital admissions increase, the crime rate ticks upward, and people behave strangely. The idea that the full Moon causes mental disorders was widespread in the Middle Ages. Even the word "lunacy," meaning "insanity," comes from the Latin word for "Moon." The majority of modern studies, however, show no correlation between the phase of the Moon and the incidence of crime, sickness, or human behavior. The truth is, the Moon is less influential than folklore would have us believe. It's true that a perigee full Moon brings with it extra-high "perigean tides," but according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this is nothing to worry about. In most places, lunar gravity at perigee pulls tide waters only a few centimeters (an inch or so) higher than usual. Local geography can amplify the effect to about 15 centimeters (six inches)--not exactly a great flood. Super perigee Moons are actually fairly common. The Moon becomes full within a few hours of its closest approach to Earth about once a year on average. The last such coincidence occurred on March 19th, 2011, producing a full Moon that was almost 400 km closer than this one. As usual, no trouble was reported--unless you count a midnight awakening as trouble. If so, close the drapes on May 5th. Otherwise, enjoy the super-moonlight. - NASA.
WATCH: NASA issues warning about Supermoon.
UPDATE: Solar / Volcano / Earthquake Watch May For 8-12, 2012.
Targeting Coronal Hole (CH515). After analysis i have Isolated (1-9°N
Latitude) on the solar corona. Strong characteristics of this feature
indicate a possible 7 Magnitude earthquake in one of these locations
during this watch period: Costa Rica, Panama, Sudan, Ethiopia, Nicobar Islands or Northern Sumatra. Time frame May 9-11. Coronal
feature situated (44-49°S Latitude) could produce a possible 5.5-5.8
Magnitude earthquake during May 5-6. Best mapped regions are : Aisen
Chile, Auckland Islands New Zealand, Southern East Pacific Rise. - Solar Watch.
WATCH: Solar / Volcano / Earthquake Watch May For 8-12, 2012.
Earth is entering
a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, source of
the annual eta
Aquarid meteor shower.
Because the shower's
radiant is located below the celestial equator,
southern hemisphere observers are favored, but even
northerners will be able to see at least a few flecks
of Halley-dust disintegrating in the atmosphere
when the shower peaks this weekend. The best time
to look is during the hours before sunrise on Sunday,
May 6th. Bright moonlight will cap the meteor rate
at about 30 per hour.
In recent nights, NASA's all-sky
meteor network has picked up a number of early
eta Aquarid fireballs. This one was bright enough
to shine through the glow of sunrise and clouds
over Tullahoma, Tennessee, on April 29th.
According to analysts at NASA's Meteoroid
Environment Office, this particular speck of comet
dust hit the atmosphere traveling 62 km/s (139,000
mph) and disintegrated about 84 km (52 mi) above
Earth's surface.
The full Moon of May 5-6, 2012, with
interfere with the visibility of the eta Aquarid
peak. Radar signals, however, penetrate moonlight
with ease. Tune into Space
Weather Radio for live echoes from eta Aquarids
passing over the US Air Force Space Surveillance
Radar in Texas. - Space Weather.
Skywatchers take note: The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend. The moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And because this month's full moon coincides with the moon's perigee — its closest approach to Earth — it will also be the year's biggest. The moon will swing in 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) from our planet, offering skywatchers a spectacular view of an extra-big, extra-bright moon, nicknamed a supermoon.
And not only does the moon's perigee coincide with full moon this month, but this perigee will be the nearest to Earth of any this year, as the distance of the moon's close approach varies by about 3 percent, according to meteorologist Joe Rao, SPACE.com's skywatching columnist. This happens because the moon's orbit is not perfectly circular. This month's full moon is due to be about 16 percent brighter than average. In contrast, later this year on Nov. 28, the full moon will coincide with apogee, the moon's farthest approach, offering a particularly small and dim full moon.
Though the unusual appearance of this month's full moon may be surprising to some, there's no reason for alarm, scientists warn. The slight distance difference isn't enough to cause any earthquakes or extreme tidal effects, experts say. However, the normal tides around the world will be particularly high and low. At perigee, the moon will exert about 42 percent more tidal force than it will during its next apogee two weeks later, Rao said. The last supermoon occurred in March 2011. To view this weekend's supermoon to best effect, look for it just after it rises or before it sets, when it is close to the horizon. There, you can catch a view of the moon behind buildings or trees, an effect which produces an optical illusion, making the moon seem even larger than it really is. - Christian Science Monitor.
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood. - Revelation 6:12, The Bible.
The moon will appear to turn blood red this Wednesday as the United Kingdom will experience a total lunar eclipse.
Sky watchers in the UK will be hoping for a cloudless sky on Wednesday evening so they can get the best view of the longest total lunar eclipse since 2000. The dramatic event will turn the moon blood red for 100 minutes during the period of totality. But Nasa warned Europeans will miss the early stages of the eclipse 'because they occur before moonrise.' The eclipse beings at 6.24pm (BST) and ends at midnight but sunset doesn't occur in the UK until 9.19pm. People in the eastern half of Africa, the Middle East, central Asia and western Australia will be able to enjoy the entire event. However, those in the U.S will miss out as the eclipse will occur during daylight hours. The moon is normally illuminated by the Sun. During a lunar eclipse the Earth, Sun and Moon are in line and the Earth’s shadow moves across the surface of the full moon. Sunlight that has passed through the Earth’s atmosphere makes the moon appear red, brown or black. The moon travels to a similar position every month, but the tilt of the lunar orbit means that it normally passes above or below the terrestrial shadow. This means a full moon is seen but no eclipse takes place. - Daily Mail.
WATCH: Turning the Moon Blood Red!
At least twice a year, the lunar eclipse provides parts of the world with the beautiful, yet frightening, glimpse of a crimson lunar surface. However, this exceptional event will not happen again for 7 years.
This month's full moon will pass almost directly through the center of Earth's shadow on Wednesday in what will be an unusually long total eclipse of the moon. The lunar eclipse will occur just two weeks after a June 1 partial solar eclipse, when the moon blocked part of the sun as viewed from Arctic regions. The eclipse won't be visible from North America due to its timing, which places the event in the daylight hours when the moon is behind the local horizon. But the Eastern Hemisphere of Earth will be facing the moon during the eclipse. This hemisphere, centered on a spot in the Indian Ocean to the east of the island nation of Madagascar, will have a ringside seat for this event... At mid-eclipse (2013 GMT), the moon will be passing just to the north of the center of the Earth's shadow. As such, the duration of totality is an unusually long 100 minutes, which is just seven minutes shy of the absolute maximum for a total lunar eclipse. In fact, over the last 100 years, only three other eclipses have rivaled the duration of totality of this eclipse : The total lunar eclipse of July 16, 1935, lasted 101 minutes; the eclipse of July 6, 1982, lasted 107 minutes; the eclipse of July 16, 2000, lasted 107 minutes. The next total lunar eclipse of exceptional length will come on July 27, 2018, and will last 106 minutes. On Dec. 10, 2011, another total lunar eclipse will be visible before the moon sets over the western United States and Canada. After that, the next total lunar eclipse that will be widely visible across all of North America will be on April 15, 2014. - MSN.
On March 19, 2011, the Moon will be approximately 221,567 miles away from the Earth. 16,433 miles closer than the average distance of 238,000. It will also be a full Moon, rising in the east at sunset and will appear much closer to the Earth. As such, it is called a "SuperMoon" or a "Super Perigee Moon," meaning, the point in the orbit of the Moon, that is nearest to the centre of the Earth. This "SuperMoon" will be the biggest and closest to Earth, since the one that occurred in March of 1993, nearly 20 years ago.
According to astrologer, Richard Nolle, this celestial event is called an "Extreme SuperMoon." He believes that this occurrence will be characterized by a significant gravitational pull, with the creation of extraordinary variations in high and low tides that could transform ocean currents, resulting in dramatic changes in the distribution of heat and climatic conditions across the planet.
Nolle writes on his website AstroPro, “SuperMoons are noteworthy for their close association with extreme tidal forces working in what astrologers of old used to call the sublunary world: the atmosphere, crust and oceans of our home planet - including ourselves, of course. From extreme coastal tides to severe storms to powerful earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the entire natural world surges and spasms under the sway of the SuperMoon alignment - within three days either way of the exact syzygy, as a general rule. SuperMoon solar eclipses tend to have a wider sphere of impact, extending roughly a week before and after the actual event. And other lunar extremes (of declination, for example) can extend the geocosmic stress window by a day or two here and there in any case.” - AstroPro.
If Nolle is correct in his prognosis, then the 9.0 magnitude that devastated Japan last week Friday would fit within that "sphere of impact." If you examine the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) compilation of the latest earthquake with magnitude 5.0 and greater over the last 7 days, a clear and consistent pattern of planetary tremors and seismic upheavals is revealed, especially along the Pacific Ring of Fire. Furthermore, we are also witnessing a rare occurence in the Southern Atlantic Ocean with the appearance of Sub-Tropical Storm Arani, a weather system with heavy rain and strong thunderstorms, reaching an height of nearly 10 miles and dropping 2 inches of water every hour.
Sub-Tropical Storm Arani.
In addition, there is a massive 2,500 mile storm just off the coast of Japan stretching across the entire Pacific Ocean.
Massive Storm Over the Pacific.
Although, most geologists, seismologists and volcanologists disagree with Nolle on the effects of the SuperMoon, there are others who believe that a monumental event, either in the form of massive earthquakes, volcanoes or powerful storms; could be triggered off very soon to disrupt the balance of the planet's energy. In the latest scientific Astrotometry log from the Cosabio Virtual Institute, John Thomas Bryant declares that a major seismic event is expected from March 13th to 19th. Bryant based his conclusions on what is happening on the Sun, and if you follow the updates from Space Weather, you will see that a unstable magnetic filament is moving across the western section of the Sun, that could hurl pieces of itself towards the Earth within the next few days, if it erupts.
Magnetic Filament on the Sun.
Astrotometry of recent solar activity indicates a major seismic event is possible in the coming days. A disturbance associated with a moderately sized hole in the solar corona is expected to arrive around March 13th. Seismic adjustments will most likely occur in the hours before an associated increase in solar wind speed or in the wake of the disturbance. The fractal origin of the disturbance may indicate upcoming seismic activity near 40 degrees south latitude. A shock above 6.5 in magnitude is expected, an event over 6.8 in magnitude is considered likely, and an earthquake over 7.8 in magnitude is thought to be possible because of potentially complimentary trajectories of coronal mass ejections. Regions which could be effected, ordered by matches to known correlative criteria: Latitude correlation with seismically active regions, form similarity with the disturbance, and recent seismic activity may indicate the south Pacific islands near New Zealand. Latitude correlation with seismically active regions, and mirrored form similarity with the disturbance, may indicate southern South America. The location of the event is unknown. Already elevated solar wind speeds may indicate the event will more likely occur in the later days of the watch. The most likely days for the event are March 13th, 18th and 19th 2011.
Bryant mentions the Pacific in his update and the geologist Jim Berkland is also concerned about the Ring of Fire encircling the entire Pacific Ocean. Speaking in an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox News, he said the following:
...we are having on the 19th of this month not only the full moon, but within an hour the closest approach of the moon to the earth until the year 2016. The next day is the equinoctial tides. So you're bringing together three of the maximum tide raising forces. We know about the ocean tides. But there is also an Earth tide. And there is a tide in the ground water. All of these help to release sudden, built up strain, and cause earthquakes... what I call a seismic window, this top seismic window in years is developing between the 19th and 26th of this month. And this was 7.0 monster and it says geologist had warned about it. And a week earlier, the they were talking about the tides, not to worry about the really tides coming up. I think there is worry here too...
Ed Dames' map of the next "Big One."
Now, on Wednesday night of this week, remote viewing teacher Major Ed Dames appeared on the late night talk show Coast to Coast with host George Noory. Dames predicted that the next "mass human death-causing earthquake" will be along the New Madrid Fault and the Wabash Valley Seismic Zones. He also noted that St. Louis, Missouri would face the most significant devastation with the most death and that the Mississippi River would also reverse its course, as it did during a three-month period from December 1811 to early 1812 during the Great New Madrid earthquake. Using his team of remote viewers, Dames revealed that the planetary disturbances would happen as a result of a "Solar Kill Shot" from the Sun, that would collapse the Earth's magnetic field. Dames believes that this will happen over the next couple of months. I believe that these predictions that should be taken seriously, especially when you consider that he had predicted as early as 2003 in previous show with Art Bell, that the massive earthquake in Japan would also damage a nuclear reactor.
Incidentally, the astrologer Dr. Louis Turi also appeared on the same program on the same night, and he declared that there will be an upcoming crisis related to the astrological "Tail of the Dragon" and that a "Window of Death" would occur between March 20th to 22nd. Turi believes that this will affect America tremendously and will bring about similar and shocking disasters as was seen in Japan, with the high possibility of mega-quakes,tsunamis and volcanoes.
In addition, I received the following map from Helen Sanderson, a dear friend and source. According to her, it is essentially a composite of information given to alien abductee Ann Walker in her 2003 book "The Messenger, The Messiah." Walker's book deals with extraterrestrial artefacts, spaceships and predictions for Earth changes before and after 2012. In earlier extracts from her book, she happen to have predicted last year's volcanic eruptions in Iceland and the fragility of the coastlines of Japan and California.
Ann Walker's map of Safe Zones and Earth Changes.
District of Columbia Seal.
If you look closely on the map, you will see that Walker inserts a notice that the Pacific epicentre crust is much thinner, due to former massive impact, suggesting that that there will be major volcanic and seismic activity. Around the entire American continent, we see major tidal waves indicated as new lands rise nearby. This fits into Nolle's theory on the effects of the SuperMoon. On the map, the majority of North America is shown as flood-prone areas, indicating that there will be large scale coastal subsidence, probably due to a mega-quake and the resultant tsunami.
This makes perfect sense, if you are a student of symbolism. Have a look at the seal for the District of Columbia. Do you notice that on the right of the seal, the Capital Dome and the resting of Washington D.C. is submerged under water. On the left, a new Sun rises, as a New World Order emerges following the cataclysmic chaos. I need not go into theories about the murals of the Denver Airport and the Georgia Guidestones, but this should give you another perspective of the foreshadowing represented in the signs and symbols around you.
Speaking of the Sun, It should be noted that in their respective analysis, Berkland, Bryant and Dames references what is happening with the Sun and the effects on the magnetosphere. Have a look at the twisted patterns of the following simulation of the magnetic field.
Magnetosphere Simulation.
Now, all of this might seem like mumbo-jumbo or meaningless conjecture, but I leave you with the following information for you to consider, it is scientifically proven that SuperMoons were seen and documented in the years 1955, 1974, 1993 and 2005. It has also been scientifically proven that all these years had extreme weather and anomalous Earth changes, with the most prominent being the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that killed over 230,000 people in 14 countries. This tsunami occurred on December 26 of 2004, two weeks before the January SuperMoon of 2005, extremely close to Nolle's "sphere of impact."
To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
UPDATE: LANDSLIDES, SINKHOLES, STORMS AND SONIC BOOMS!
Here are several stories of Earth changes that might be pointing towards this imminent disaster in America.
A landslide near the small town of Somis in Ventura County in California forced the evacuation of a residence and several horses. According to the Ventura County Star, a piece of land about 200 yards long and 100 yards deep moved downhill about 100 feet on a ranch located in the 7600 block of Bradley Road. A residence and 63 horses were being moved. The landslide started around 6:30 a.m. A local property manager reported seeing trees falling and sliding on a hillside and contacted the Fire Department. The cause of the landslide was not immediately known.
MYSTERY LAND COLLAPSE IN VENTURA COUNTY!
Of course, this comes just days after a huge chunk of the famed scenic California highway fell into the Pacific Ocean, following a landslide.
Elsewhere in northern California, a powerful winter storm unleashed a small tornado that tore the roof off a business and bringing heavy snow to the Sierra Nevada that was blamed for a fatal chain-reaction crash on Interstate 80.
STORM POUNDS NORTH CALIFORNIA!
The afternoon crash in the mountains 70 miles east of Sacramento involved at least six big rigs and nearly 40 vehicles overall, the California Highway Patrol said. A man who appeared to be in his 60s was found dead. Placer County Sheriff's Sgt. Ed Clark identified the victim Saturday as Douglas Swasey, an Auburn-area resident in his late 60s. The California Highway Patrol said that Swasey was killed in the Friday afternoon crash after stepping out of his truck to either put chains on or try to get it free. The crash occurred on the interstate's westbound lanes. More than a dozen other people were transported to hospitals with minor to moderate injuries. Numerous spinouts also prompted authorities to close the eastbound lanes of I-80. The highway was reopened by Saturday morning. Other motorists called police to report they were trapped but uninjured. "They're still pulling things apart to figure out what's where and get the cars moved," Fouyer said three hours after the crash near Yuba Gap, a popular weekend sledding destination. One victim was critically injured and 20 had moderate injuries, said Daniel Berlant, spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The storm brought driving rain at lower elevations. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for much of the Central Valley through Sunday and a winter storm warning through early Saturday for the Sierra, where as much as 3 feet of snow was predicted by Saturday. Another storm expected to pack a similar wallop was forecast to hit a wider swath of the state on Sunday, with high water levels projected as far south as San Diego. - Herald Extra.
In Arizona, a sinkhole shuts down Glendale intersection.
24 FOOT WIDE SINKHOLE IN ARIZONA!
The Maricopa County Flood Control District is repairing a 24-foot-wide sinkhole at a major Glendale intersection that had construction experts scratching their heads as to why the chunk of pavement collapsed 10 feet deep. Northbound lanes on 67th Avenue at Camelback Road were shut down as soon as experts examined the sinkhole. They found the dirt inside was wet but that piping under the intersection was dry. "Usually, the dirt in the desert is dry, but they'd dig here and find mud. They said, 'Something's not right here,' " district spokesman Joe Munoz said. They eventually found irrigation pipes nearby that were old and leaking. The water had leaked from those pipes, which were almost 50 years old, and converged at the sinkhole area. Heavy rainfall late in February eventually led the pavement to collapse into a sinkhole. - Arizona Republic.
In Georgia, another 24-foot wide sinkhole opened up on Highway 16, for the second time in a month.
24 FOOT WIDE SINKHOLE IN GEORGIA!
DOT spokesman David Spear said the sinkhole developed about 2:30 a.m. and workers finished filling the hole about 2:30 p.m. Friday. Crews had to excavate about a 24-foot by 24-foot section, then slowly build back up to fill the sinkhole. The road will remain closed until about 9 a.m. today because of the amount of asphalt workers had to put in. “The asphalt needs time to cool and harden,” Spear said. Until then, traffic is being detoured to Highway 27, Interstate 20 and Highway 100. “We run into these every once and a while,” Spear said. DOT had to fill a sinkhole at the same location about a month ago. Spear explained that the previous sinkhole was below the one that developed Friday. He said crews put grout in to fill up the previous sinkholes and did not realize there was a void on top of it that would later develop into the one Friday. The root cause of the problem hasn’t been determined, but sinkholes are sometimes caused by runoff moisture, poor drainage or underground streams, according to Spears. Sinkholes can also be caused by voids or vacuums under the soil. - Times Georgian.
In Florida, the ground reportedly was shaking and rumbling shakes, but it wasn't a earthquake? What was it?
GEOLOGIST: SHAKING WASN'T FLORIDA EARTHQUAKE?!
Investigators are trying to solve a bizarre mystery in Flagler County. A wave of people called 911 around 9:30am Friday to report the ground shaking in Flagler County. The calls all came from the Hammock area of Palm Coast. However, people in the north Daytona area, as well as in Deltona and as far north as St. Augustine, said they felt it as well. Many people were worried that the shaking was an earthquake. The Emergency Management Office was on the phone all day trying to figure out the cause of the shaking. Residents said that buildings were shaking, and even a dispatcher in the county felt it happen. "I live alone and I'm blind, and a while ago the house was shaking, do you happen to know?" a caller asked a 911 dispatcher. "I'm not sure. We're actually getting quite a few calls about it now. We're having someone check it out, OK?" the dispatcher said. The 911 call was one of about a dozen calls that poured into Flagler County. An unexplained phenomenon, described as everything from a low rumble to a window shaking movement, rattled residents from St. Augustine to the Volusia County. "The ground rumbled and the building rumbled. Definitely abnormal for here," a resident told WFTV. WFTV found at least two people who have experienced sonic booms and earthquakes from their time spent in California. "That's what it felt like. It definitely felt like an earthquake," one resident said. "Enough to make you look to the ocean and say, 'OK, what's next, tsunami?' Because you're going, 'Is it an earthquake or not?'" The U.S. Geological Survey told Flagler County that sensors in Georgia and Orlando picked up no movement. The National Weather Service reported nothing odd, and the Navy and Coast Guard told WFTV they had no information regarding on or offshore bombing exercises. "We are checking with all the agencies that monitor those kinds of things and hopefully we'll come up with an answer, but right now, we're kind of perplexed," an official told WFTV. Everything, from a meteor burning up to a moon phase that allows ocean waves to hit hard enough to vibrate the shoreline, is being considered as a cause. - WFTV.
Incidentally, on March 4th at about 9:15 AM, a mystery shaking rattled homes and nerves in Central California. No earthquake was registered on any USGS reporting equipment either, but over 70 calls came in to 911 reporting the rattling. What's more, 12 hours earlier, residents in Orange County felt a similar rattling. A sonic boom was also reported on February 15th in the area of the Texas Fireball. On Monday, March 7, Newark Police in Ohio, were investigating the cause of a mysterious noise after multiple people reported hearing it and feeling it. According to the Columbia Basin Herald, a mysterious boom was heard in Moses Lake on Saturday, March 12 at about 8:30 PM, with authorities still baffled as to what caused it. On Monday, March 14th, residents in Charleston in South Carolina reported loud booms as well.
