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    C/2012 S1 (ison) Could Be The Brightest Comet Ever Seen By Mankind

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted · Edited by Raptor Raw

    Its ionized gas BS, http://spaceweather.com/

     

     

    One tail is the ion tail. It is a thin streamer of ionized gas pushed away from the comet by solar wind. The filamentary ion tail points almost directly away from the sun.

    The other tail is the dust tail. Like Hansel and Gretel leaving bread crumbs to mark their way through the forest, ISON is leaving a trail of comet dust as it moves through the solar system. Compared to the lightweight molecules in the ion tail, grains of comet dust are heavier and harder for solar wind to push around. The dust tends to stay where it is dropped. The dust tail, therefore, traces the comet's orbit and does not point directly away from the sun as the ion tail does.

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    Solar and Aurora Activity Chat

    in Space, Science & nature

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    http://www.solarham.net/

     

    The new CME prediction model released by the Goddard Space Flight Center is calling for a direct Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) impact by late November 12th. The plasma cloud was flung into space and towards Earth by the X1 solar flare last night. Geomagnetic storming will be possible once the plasma cloud arrives. More updates in the days ahead. Visit the link below to watch the latest prediction model.

     

     

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    Super Typhoon Haiyan

    in Hurricanes, Cyclones and Extreme weather worldwide

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    iCyclone just posted this on FB..

     

    First off, Tacloban City is devastated. The city is a horrid landscape of smashed buildings and completely defoliated trees, with widespread looting and unclaimed bodies decaying in the open air. The typhoon moved fast and didn't last long-- only a few hours-- but it struck the city with absolutely terrifying ferocity. At the height of the storm, as the wind rose to a scream, as windows exploded and as our solid-concrete downtown hotel trembled from the impact of flying debris, as pictures blew off the walls and as children became hysterical, a tremendous storm surge swept the entire downtown. Waterfront blocks were reduced to heaps of rubble. In our hotel, trapped first-floor guests smashed the windows of their rooms to keep from drowning and screamed for help, and we had to drop our cameras and pull them out on mattresses and physically carry the elderly and disabled to the second floor. Mark's leg was ripped open by a piece of debris and he'll require surgery. The city has no communication with the outside world. The hospitals are overflowing with the critically injured. The surrounding communities are mowed down. After a bleak night in a hot, pitch-black, trashed hotel, James, Mark, and I managed to get out of the city on a military chopper and get to Cebu via a C-130-- sitting next to corpses in body bags. Meteorologically, Super Typhoon HAIYAN was fascinating; from a human-interest standpoint, it was utterly ghastly. It's been difficult to process.

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    Convective / Storm Discussion - 22nd October onwards 2013

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    Taken from Portsmouth lastnight Im gutted i missed it as the picture is an exact replica of a dream i had when i was 10 of twisters over the solent and lastnight it happened. We had a small tornado in newport on the isle of wight last week aswell which i also missed Posted Image

     

    This is taken from Daniel Loretto's portfolio..

     

    http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-90033073/stock-photo-tornado-and-lightening.html

     

    And theres more beauties :) 

    Convective / Storm Discussion - 23rd August onwards 2013

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    Is this it? or is there some hope way out in noddy land to grace us with a crack or two..... OR are we now looking for Thundersnow now to give us a flash or two BABOOOMMM...

    Electric blue flash with big flakes and the thud that rattles the windows on quiet nights when all is quiet on the roads when you can set up a tripod in the middle of the road...as you do :)

     

    Restless and sick of taking pics of stuff of stuff.

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