Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:15 CDT Maya archaeologists unearth new 2012 monument with no apocalyptic prophecies at all;
Archaeologists working at the site of La Corona in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300 year-old year-old Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called "end date" for the Maya calendar on December 21, 2012. The discovery, one of the most significant hieroglyphic find in decades, was announced today at the National Palace in Guatemala.
"This text talks about ancient political history rather than prophecy," says Marcello A. Canuto, Director of Tulane's Middle American Research Institute and co-director of the excavations at the Maya ruins of La Corona. "This new evidence suggests that the 13 Bak'tun date was an important calendrical event that would have been celebrated by the ancient Maya; however, they make no apocalyptic prophecies whatsoever regarding the date,"
I do not believe in rumours, prophercies, or scare tactics. I only believe in facts. The first flare erupted from the limb of the solar disc in active region 1515 on 6 July, and was classed as an X 1.1 flare. X-class flares are the most powerful type of solar flares, with M-class being slightly less powerful. On 12 July, an X 1.4 flare was emitted from active region 1520, which first rotated into view on 6 July. The active region of sunspots stretched for around 300,000 kilometres across the solar surface. There was also a coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the flare. The CMEs are much larger eruptions than the localised flares, and move towards Earth at a slower speed than the flares. CMEs can impact the technological infrastructure on Earth, such as power generation as well as satellite functions in orbit. Their arrival also produces aurorae and astronomers have been on alert to search for and photograph the dancing green glows. The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (Stereo) B spacecraft measured the speed of the CME travelling to Earth to be around 1350 kilometres per second. The particles from the CME hit the Earth's atmosphere on the night of 14 July, and aurorae were reported at high latitudes. Since then, aurorae have also been seen further from the poles, and were visible in Scotland and northern England on the night of 15 July. The 12 July flare is the sixth X-class flare of 2012, and it is likely that there will be many more to come. The results of these flares although not widely admitted are having a serious effect on the Earths core and the Neutrinos which accompany these flares can prove to be extremely dangerous.
TonyIsAChampion: I do not believe in rumours, prophercies, or scare tactics. I only believe in facts. The first flare erupted from the limb of the solar disc in active region 1515 on 6 July, and was classed as an X 1.1 flare. X-class flares are the most powerful type of solar flares, with M-class being slightly less powerful. On 12 July, an X 1.4 flare was emitted from active region 1520, which first rotated into view on 6 July. The active region of sunspots stretched for around 300,000 kilometres across the solar surface. There was also a coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the flare. The CMEs are much larger eruptions than the localised flares, and move towards Earth at a slower speed than the flares. CMEs can impact the technological infrastructure on Earth, such as power generation as well as satellite functions in orbit. Their arrival also produces aurorae and astronomers have been on alert to search for and photograph the dancing green glows. The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (Stereo) B spacecraft measured the speed of the CME travelling to Earth to be around 1350 kilometres per second. The particles from the CME hit the Earth's atmosphere on the night of 14 July, and aurorae were reported at high latitudes. Since then, aurorae have also been seen further from the poles, and were visible in Scotland and northern England on the night of 15 July. The 12 July flare is the sixth X-class flare of 2012, and it is likely that there will be many more to come. The results of these flares although not widely admitted are having a serious effect on the Earths core and the Neutrinos which accompany these flares can prove to be extremely dangerous.
Neutrinos extremely dangerous?????? Howso? They mostly pass through the earth without ever hitting anything. They have hardly any mass and no electric charge. So where does the danger come from.
I think they're pretty much harmless in comparison with other solar emissions.
RayfromUSA: Neutrinos extremely dangerous?????? Howso? They mostly pass through the earth without ever hitting anything. They have hardly any mass and no electric charge. So where does the danger come from.
I think they're pretty much harmless in comparison with other solar emissions.
A paper will be published shortly to show that the danger will come if the neutrinos from the sun's solar flares (which in fact do have a mass albeit very small) interact adversly with radioactive materials at the Earths core. This research is kept out of the public domain at the moment but the danger (if proven) is very real.
lifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico16,713 posts
TonyIsAChampion: I do not believe in rumours, prophercies, or scare tactics. I only believe in facts.
"The first flare erupted from the limb of the solar disc in active region 1515 on 6 July, and was classed as an X 1.1 flare. X-class flares are the most powerful type of solar flares, with M-class being slightly less powerful. On 12 July, an X 1.4 flare was emitted from active region 1520, which first rotated into view on 6 July. The active region of sunspots stretched for around 300,000 kilometres across the solar surface. There was also a coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the flare. The CMEs are much larger eruptions than the localised flares, and move towards Earth at a slower speed than the flares. CMEs can impact the technological infrastructure on Earth, such as power generation as well as satellite functions in orbit. Their arrival also produces aurorae and astronomers have been on alert to search for and photograph the dancing green glows. The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (Stereo) B spacecraft measured the speed of the CME travelling to Earth to be around 1350 kilometres per second. The particles from the CME hit the Earth's atmosphere on the night of 14 July, and aurorae were reported at high latitudes. Since then, aurorae have also been seen further from the poles, and were visible in Scotland and northern England on the night of 15 July. The 12 July flare is the sixth X-class flare of 2012, and it is likely that there will be many more to come."
The results of these flares although not widely admitted are having a serious effect on the Earths core and the Neutrinos which accompany these flares can prove to be extremely dangerous.
lifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico16,713 posts
TonyIsAChampion: A paper will be published shortly to show that the danger will come if the neutrinos from the sun's solar flares (which in fact do have a mass albeit very small) interact adversly with radioactive materials at the Earths core. This research is kept out of the public domain at the moment but the danger (if proven) is very real.
"...the sun’s 11-year activity cycle reaches a peak in 2012. (A recent analysis led by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration actually pegs the peak to occur in May 2013, and it will be less intense than previous peaks.) For some reason, the neutrinos from the sun start behaving differently: they begin interacting frequently with matter, rather than largely passing through it harmlessly. The filmmakers could have easily invented entirely new particles for the job—call them bambinos, say—but perhaps that’s too silly....
In the movie, the "neutrinos" heat up Earth’s inner core, making it boil. That in turn destabilizes the overlying layers (outer core and mantle), making the crust buckle, rise and shift by thousands of kilometers.
If neutrinos behaved the way they are described in the film, then there wouldn’t be much to film. Particles that can heat up the solid iron inner core by thousands of degrees should have cooked Earth’s surface dry before Woody Harrelson gets the chance to steal all the scenes he’s in.
The inner core is under about 350 gigapascals of pressure (three million atmospheres), which is why it’s solid. Just how hot the inner core must get to liquefy under that pressure is not known for sure, although...."
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