Sun Flares, Magnetic Storms, Potential Threats to Life on Earth or in Space, & Inexplicable Impacts
Created: 2022
Required Reading for Sun Worshipers Club (More of Mom’s Homeschooling Crap)
Contents
Key Learning Objectives
In this learning topic, you will find out about how the earth’s magnetic shields are affected by wind and storms on the sun, and what this could mean for humans living on our planet.
Dynamo Theory
The Dynamo Theory describes fluid at the center of a planet (such as earth) that can conduct electricity. Our planet’s core is filled with melted iron, amongst other things. This results in a Magnetosphere, or the magnetic field around a planet containing electrically charged particles of energy.
The magnetic field associated with Earth is mostly dipolar. This means it has two poles, a North Pole and a South Pole. This self-sustaining magnetic field is a product of the dynamo effect. The dynamo effect is what causes a compass to always point in the correct direction.
The earth’s magnetic field can be influenced by different things.
The Magnetosphere
The earth’s magnetosphere is the region surrounding the earth (although the term can apply to any astronomical body) in which its magnetic field is the predominant effective magnetic field. Without this region, it is unlikely that life as we know it would be sustainable on Earth.
Unlike Mercury, Venus, and Mars — Earth’s magnetosphere shields us from erosion of our atmosphere by solar wind, coronal mass ejections, and cosmic rays from deep space. Our magnetosphere plays the role of gatekeeper, repelling this unwanted energy that’s harmful to life on Earth, trapping most of it a safe distance from Earth’s surface in twin doughnut-shaped zones called the Van Allen Belts.
But Earth’s magnetosphere isn’t a perfect defense. Solar wind variations can disturb it, leading to “space weather” -- geomagnetic storms that penetrate our atmosphere, threatening spacecraft and astronauts, disrupting navigation systems and wreaking havoc on power grids. On the positive side, these storms also produce Earth’s spectacular aurora. The solar wind creates temporary cracks in the shield, allowing some energy to penetrate down to Earth’s surface daily. Since these intrusions are brief, however, they don’t cause significant issues.
BONUS: Could intentional damage to Magnetosphere represent a threat to lifeforms? How might this occur, and what could be done to protect against such actions?
Interplanetary Magnetic Field
Before we look at possible changes to the earth’s magnetic field, we need to understand how energy gets here from the sun in the first place. The sun’s magnetic field is huge! It goes beyond any of the planets. We call this the Interplanetary Magnetic Field, meaning it has all of the planets within it.
Changes to the magnetic field on earth (and other planets) usually start with changes involving solar wind. First, solar wind and the sun’s own magnetism are twisted into a spiral by the sun’s rotation. This is the genesis of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field, which reaches far into space, and as noted, covers the planets in the process.
Compared to some other planets in our solar system. and certainly compared to the sun itself, Earth sure seems small!
The direction of the IMF usually follows the Earth’s field on the dayside. Magnetic disturbances occur when this field rotates in the opposite direction.
Key Learning Point:
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DID YOU KNOW? Spacecraft use something called magnetometersto detect the magnetic field of planets.
NOTES:
The IMF is represented by the blue arcs in the picture above. This picture shows the spiral nature of the IMF.
(Picture courtesy of NASA)
A Millennium Of Solar Events
Much like a pandemic, a really big solar storm could occur at any time, dramatically affecting the people on earth. The largest recorded solar flare, called the Carrington Event, occurred in 1859. It was so massive that auroras could be seen all over the world. And the telegram system, which was the only way to achieve long-distance communications back then, basically collapsed.
Today, depending on the size of of a solar storm, the earth could experience a range of effects. A smaller storm could lead to more auroras. It could cause interference in radio transmissions. Medium sized storms could knock out power grids or the internet. A really big storm like the Carrington Event could damage the earth’s satellites, knock out power grids, the planet could lose power, utilities, the Internet, access to travel, banks and stores, etc. Our digital world would quickly collapse into one with conditions faced by early pioneers. And this could last for months or longer.
And scientists say that it is not a matter of if this will happen, but when. The bigger storms tend to happen around the time the sun peaks in its magnetic cycle, and for a couple of years after. Right now the sun is at its magnetic minimum (and has been for several years), but that next peak is coming eventually. A crude estimate is that every 25 years or so, we should.
January 2022 Sun Flares
SpaceX Forgot To Check the Weather?
Two days following the creation of the original post here, which came out onFebruary 2 this year,40 Starlink satellites were destroyed. This occurred the very same week that SpaceX was launching its “premium” satellites for the first time. While MSM presents this as the natural consequence of a recent solar storm (see information below on the storm as it was unfolding), with damages resulting from disturbances to the earth’s magnetospere, we are left to wonder if whether this could really be true, given the timing of the forecasts presented below. Many senior intelligence leaders have stated “off the record” (of course!) that something seems wrong. NASA monitors solar storms regularly, with one primary objective focused on the safekeeping of craft and humans in space.
Other points to consider:
The perturbation to our magnetosphere by the solar flares was deemed less consequential than predicted by astronomers, who also point out other anomalies
Nothing else was allegedly damaged in low earth orbit, besides these specific satellites
As noted above (and below), the timing simply doesn’t add up
As can be seen in this chart depicting Sun Flares in Jan 2022, the last week or so of the month was really flared. In particular, Sunspot region 2936 was producing numerous C-class solar flares for weeks. This large sunspot consequently developed a Beta-Gamma-Delta magnetic layout. The solar flare peaked and launched an asymmetrical full halo coronal mass (M-class) ejection into space at 23:32 UTC on Saturday, 29 January 2022 (day zero) as seen by the SOHO spacecraft watching from Earth's point of view. The bulk of this plasma cloud is heading north-east, and we do expect a portion of the cloud to impact our planet.
Preparing for Impact! What would you do?
There are four kinds of solar storms and flares, including;
Solar flares, which are sudden explosions caused by crossing of magnetic lines near sunspots
A coronal cloud, which is a massive burst of solar wind
A geometric storm, or the Sun's outburst with Earth's magnetic field
A solar particle event, which is a proton or energy particle storm
Before life on earth is affected by one or more of these storms, scientists are able to track and monitor notice sunspots, flares, and possibly even coronal mass ejections (CMEs) coming out of the sun, using special telescopes and cameras.
Nowadays, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration uses the Geomagnetic Storms scale
to measure the strength of solar eruptions. The "G scale" has a rating from 1 to 5, with G1 being minor and G5 being extreme.
CLASS PARTICIPATION: JAN 27-FEB 2
Conditions
Another kind of weather forecast!
The M1 CME from 29 Jan is predicted to arrive at Earth very early on day one (2 Feb) according to the ENLIL model. Moderate to major (G2-Kp6) storm conditions are expected to last all day, according to the NOAA SWPC. The geomagnetic field will calm to minor storm levels on day two (3 Feb) and to quiet levels on day 3 (4 Feb).
“Protons may cross threshold on 2 Feb.”
Ground Magnetic Perturbation
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TIP: Check out this visualization from NOAA showing ground magnetic perturbation.
Press the ▶️ button below the map to start the animation.
Obama and the CIA commissioned an 800+ page report on psychic abilities as part of a larger study on solar flares. The full report,Geomagnetic Factors in Subjective Telepathic, Precognitive and Postmortem Experiences, can be accessed from the knowledge section below. Key findings included the fact that three large, independent experiments revealed a statistically significant finding: days with LOW geomagnetic levels that occurred adjacent to days with high levels predicted that large, random populations of people would report sudden-onset negative psychic abilities. In other words, they were able to predict or see from a distance things like illness, death or tragedies; especially when those involved loved ones.
