Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
05-07-2016
Chinese archaeologists have found the remains of Buddha’s skull
Chinese archaeologists have found the remains of Buddha’s skull
Chinese archaeologists have found a stone chest and a skull fragment that they believe belonged to Buddha, aka Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism. The bone fragment was found beneath the Temple Great Bao’en, within a model of a Stupa made of sandalwood, silver and gold, which was stored in a box which in turn was inside a stone chest.
A fascinating discovery has been made in China. Archaeologists believe they have found the fragments of Buddha’s skull under a Buddhist temple in Nanjing, China.
Chinese scientists believe the parietal bone fragment of the skull found in a stone chest under a Buddhist temple in Nanking, could belong to Buddha, reports Chinese Cultural Relics magazine.
The bone fragment was found beneath the Temple Great Bao’en, within a model of a Stupa made of sandalwood, silver and gold, which was stored in a box which in turn was inside a stone chest. The stupa was decorated with lotus patterns, pictures of phoenixes and gods with mighty swords. According to Live Science, the shrine is a box 117 cm tall and 45 cm wide (4 feet by 1.5 feet) made from sandalwood, gold and silver with jewels embedded and contained the bone inside.
Researchers say the inscriptions engraved on the stone chest indicate that the bone belonged to Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism. They were written about 1,000 years ago by someone by the name of Deming.
The writing indicates that Demin, who was “Master of Perfect Enlightenment, abbot of the monastery Chengtian and head of the purple robe” retained the bone fragment time after Buddha ‘entered Paranirvana’ when the cycle of death and rebirth breaks.
Inscriptions found on the stone chest suggest the model was created during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong (A.D. 997-1022) during the Song Dynasty. Researchers say that also inscribed on the chest are the names of people who donated money and material to build the model, as well as the names of the builders of it.
According to Deming, a ruler of India at that time, King Ashoka, ” chose to preserve the remains of Buddha, and divided them into 84,000 parts.” China writes the inscription, received 19 of those parts, including the parietal bone that had remained in a temple that was destroyed some 1,400 years ago during turbulent times when wars were waging in the region.
“The foundation ruins … were scattered in the weeds,” Deming wrote. “In this time of turbulence, did no one care for Buddhist affairs?”
According to inscriptions by Deming, Emperor Zhenzong decided that it was best to rebuild the temple and Buddha’s parietal bone, and the remains of other Buddhist saints buried underground in a crypt at the temple.
Deming wrote they were interred on July 21, 1011, A.D., in “a most solemn and elaborate burial ceremony.”
This model of a stupa, which is usually used for meditation, was found hidden beneath Grand Bao’en Temple in Nanjing, China.
The 1,000-year-old stupa was created from sandalwood, silver and gold.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Chinese Cultural Relics
In the inscriptions, Deming also praised the emperor for rebuilding the temple and burying the remains of Buddha. Daming wished the emperor a long life, loyal subjects and many grandchildren: “May the Heir Apparent and the imperial princes be blessed and prosperous with 10,000 offspring; may Civil and Military Ministers of the Court be loyal and patriotic; may the three armed forces and citizens enjoy a happy and peaceful time …”
While the inscriptions say that the skull fragment belongs to the Buddha, it still remains a mystery whether or not it really does come from him. So far, according to archaeologists, there shouldn’t be any doubts about it researchers beleive the skull fragment did belong to Buddha. Researchers have found that engraved on the outside of the model are numerous images depicting Buddha, in addition to a number of scenes that illustrate stories from the life of Buddha, ranging from his birth to the point when he reached the so-called “parinirvana.”
The bone fragment is being treated with great respect and has been interred in the modern-day Qixia Temple by Buddhist monks.
Researchers from the Municipal Institute of Archaeology of Nanking excavated the crypt between 2007 and 2010. They were supported by a large number of experts from all China who helped in the recovery process.
The news of the discovery was not covered extensively by Western media but received great interest in
China.
The gold chest containing the ancient relics were held within a larger silver chest (seen in this image). Ancient artists engraved in the gold and silver boxes images of lotus flowers, phoenixes and guardians of the box.
Fascinating details of mighty warriors guarding the content of what is inside.
The engravings on the box pictured in this image speak of how the temple was rebuilt by Emperor Zhenzong in the 11th Century.
NASA-beelden tonen ‘reusachtig gat bij Noordpool dat naar holle aarde leidt’
NASA-beelden tonen ‘reusachtig gat bij Noordpool dat naar holle aarde leidt’
Nieuwe foto’s van de aarde wakkeren complottheorieën over de holle aarde aan. Dat meldt AOL News. Het gaat om beelden van de blauwe planeet die nog niet waren vrijgegeven.
Op de plek van de Noordpool lijkt zich een reusachtig gat te bevinden, aldus het mediabedrijf. Complottheoretici claimen dat NASA verdoezelt dat de aarde in werkelijkheid hol is en dat zich in het binnenste van onze planeet nog een wereld bevindt, waar aliens en wolharige mammoeten leven.
Er is ook een theorie die stelt dat er een poort naar een andere dimensie kan worden gevonden. Volgens sommigen bevindt zich in de holle aarde een zwart gat.
Deze theorieën circuleren sinds het moment dat ontdekkingsreiziger Richard E. Byrd in de jaren twintig afreisde naar de Noordpool en bij terugkomst zei dat hij was aangevallen door vliegende schotels en op een hoogontwikkelde beschaving was gestuit.
Sommigen menen dat de Amerikaanse overheid het piloten verboden heeft om rechtstreeks over de Noordpool te vliegen. Dat klopt niet helemaal, aldus AOL, aangezien vliegtuigen de Noordpool dagelijks tot op enkele tientallen kilometers naderen.
EU-voorzitter Juncker: “Leiders van andere planeten slaan ons gade”
EU-voorzitter Juncker: “Leiders van andere planeten slaan ons gade”
In de Duitse media is veel aandacht voor een merkwaardige uitspraak die voorzitter van de Europese Commissie Juncker onlangs deed tijdens het Brexit-debat. Voor het oog van de lopende camera’s sprak hij van ‘leiders van andere planeten’. “Gelooft de politicus in buitenaardsen?” vraagt het Duitse magazine Focus zich af.
“Het Britse referendum heeft enkele van onze talrijke vleugels afgesneden, maar we vliegen verder,” zei hij vorige week dinsdag in het Europees Parlement. “We vliegen richting de horizon en die horizon bestaat uit Europa en de rest van de planeet.”
“U moet weten dat degenen die ons van veraf gadeslaan, bezorgd zijn,” vervolgde hij. “Ik heb gezien en gehoord dat leiders van andere planeten bezorgd zijn over de weg die de Europese Unie inslaat. We moeten de Europeanen en zij die ons van buitenaf volgen geruststellen.”
In het officiële transcript ontbreekt opvallend genoeg de zinsnede waarin Juncker spreekt van leiders van andere planeten. Franse media speculeren nu dat Juncker zich waarschijnlijk versproken heeft en ‘andere leiders van onze planeet’ bedoelde. De Brexit heeft immers niets te maken met buitenaardsen, zo redeneren ze.
Al snel ontstaat dan de gedachte dat de beelden mogelijk gemanipuleerd zijn, maar wanneer er dan meerdere opnames opduiken, gemaakt door verschillende mensen, lijkt dat, zoals ook nu, toch niet het geval.
Wat de mensen in de Colombiaanse stad Cartagena naar verluidt zagen op 30 juni 2016, ziet er als volgt uit:
Een vreemde, afwijkend grote wolk die meer overeenkomsten vertoond met een vermomd ruimteschip dan met een natuurlijk fenomeen.
Zijn bovenstaande opnames echt of misschien een aantal en een aantal niet?
Wel duiken er ook een paar video’s op waar ook die vreemde wolk of object heel duidelijk op is te zien.
Als het niet helemaal nep is, dan zou het natuurlijk ook nog iets kunnen zijn dat wordt veroorzaakt door zoiets als HAARPof misschien zelfs wel CERN waar recent ook weer een vreemde wolk boven hing waar weerlicht in tekeer ging, maar waar verder geen regen of iets dergelijks uitkwam.
Een natuurlijk fenomeen lijkt ons uitgesloten en wij denken dat het hier om een vermomde UFO gaat.
White glowing orbs seen over Shrewsbury, UK on July 4, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
White glowing orbs seen over Shrewsbury, UK on July 4, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: July 4, 2016 Location of sighting:Shrewsbury, UK
Here is an awesome catch last night of some glowing orbs moving about in the sky. They are not planes or helicopters, because they don't have the aircraft warning lights. These orbs seem to be moving very high and if you make this full screen, you can see many others near it off and on. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com
UFO Tracked By Military Choppers Over Cincinnati July 1, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Tracked By Military Choppers Over Cincinnati July 1, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: July 1, 2016 Location of sighting: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA A large grey metallic UFO was seen over Cincinnati this week. Its is rotating very slowly, about one rotation per 25 seconds. That is why it seems to change its shape. If you live in Cincinnati and have seen this object, please tell us about what you saw in the comments below, thanks. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com
UFO Disk Being Hauled Down Freeway Almost Hits Overpass, July 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Disk Being Hauled Down Freeway Almost Hits Overpass, July 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News
Date of sighting: posted July 1, 2016
Location of sighting: Unknown
This UFO was being hauled by a really run down semi truck and add to the fact that he was moving so fast that he almost hit the overpass as he went under it. He is in a hurry, and having a UFO on your trailer and gov officials waiting for it...its no wonder why he is moving so fast. Then again, maybe some guy found this landed on his farm and he just wanted to load it up on one of his trucks and take it to the local Air Force Base to have them check it out.
The Hidden Truth about Falcon Lake Landing In 1967
The Hidden Truth about Falcon Lake Landing In 1967
A UFO is any extraterrestrial spacecraft that is unidentified. Therefore, there are plenty of UFOs. If you ask if it has to be an alien craft, the answer is “No”. Since in 1940’s, not all have been highly regarded as an advanced craft. The UFO incident in Falcon Lake that took place on May 19, 1967, in Canada is an event which skeptics and believers have been splitting hairs for decades. On one hand, many believe Stephen Michalak’s story about confronting a UFO. Skeptics believe that the story is a hoax.
Stephen Michalak
Michalak is a mechanic but used to be an amateur geologist. While enjoying days off, he decided to do prospecting near Falcon Lake, Manitoba, when he spotted two UFOs, with one landed on a huge, flat rock about 160 feet from him. As he looked, one of the objects stopped, but hovered later on, while the other descended on a huge flat rock about 160 feet from him. Minutes later, the object changed from red to orange and to grey as it flew in the west. Later on, it disappeared behind the clouds. The object on the ground turned to grey and lastly to “hot stainless steel” enclosed by a golden-hued glow. While chipping at the quartz to guard his eyes against flying fragments, he had been wearing welding goggles. Now, they served the purpose of protecting his eyes from a purple light that shines through openings in the exterior part of the object.
The object was making a whirring noise, and a hissing sound and it gave off a sulfurous smell. After approaching the object and looked inside, it moved, and release an exhaust vent in front of him. Afterwards, there was a hot gas shot from these holes to his chest, setting his undershirt on fire and leaving him burns and severe pain in the shape of a grid. Finally, he reached the motel. Michalak decided to return to Winnipeg than go to Ontario for the doctor. He arrived in Winnipeg at 10:15 p.m., and he was sent to the Misericordia Hospital, where his nausea and headache were treated. The burn marks on his chest were noted.
As part of North Wales X-Files series, Steve Bagnall looks at the theories surrounding an unidentified object spotted in the skies over Gwynedd
A strange triangular unidentified flying object was spotted over Bangor in 2010
In 2010 witnesses claimed to have seen a strange triangular craft hovering near Bangor .
It was allegedly up to 200ft wide, had numerous lights and made a noise like a lawn mower before vanishing out of sight baffling the on-lookers.
The sighting was one of 13 reported to North Wales Police between 2004-2010 which were revealed under a Freedom of Information request.
Documents show that police were told by the observer: “A large, black triangular shaped craft appeared ‘out of nowhere’.
“The craft was of a large scale, approximately 150ft-200ft wide, had a central light, and numerous glowing bright lights on either side (white, blue and red).
“It was hovering slowly at a very low altitude (a few feet above the height of a telephone pole). It made a noise similar to that of a lawnmower.”
The object “made no attempt to avoid detection” as it hovered above the group, “proceeded to cross the field” then after 90 seconds vanished out of sight.
More information on the Internet of the same sighting, narrowed the location down to a rural area at Waen Y Pandy, Tregarth.
Trevor Owen describes seeing a UFO over Conwy Castle
Trevor Owen with his picture of Conwy Castle which he claims shows UFOs
Trevor Owen with his picture of Conwy Castle which he claims shows UFOs
Trevor Owen with his picture of Conwy Castle which he claims shows UFOs
Apparently there were three witnesses who saw the odd vessel, about 40 feet above their heads and they also reported it to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
After the sightings were revealed under the FOI, a North Wales Police spokesman told the Daily Post: “We take a note of these calls on UFOs. It depends on the circumstances as to how we respond.
“If there are lights in the sky we might contact HM Coastguard to see if they are flares. In other instances we may let the RAF know.
“But we would prioritise each call depending on the information received.”
So what could have happened that day in Bangor?
It is not the first time strange triangular craft have been seen in the skies around the world.
Skeptics may say the report was made up or it was a normal object in the sky mis-identified.
Hi-tech stealth aircraft such as the F-117A Nighthawk, also look triangular in shape
If the story is a true account of what the people saw close up an then others may argue it could be a man made experimental craft.
However the possibility remains, some may argue, this was of extraterrestrial origin.
The MoD has withdrawn its dedicated UFO hotline answer-phone service and e-mail address.
It has said it no longer investigates sightings which would be an “inappropriate use of defence resources”.
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Two Giant Underwater Crystal Pyramids Discovered in the Center of the Bermuda Triangle
Two Giant Underwater Crystal Pyramids Discovered in the Center of the Bermuda Triangle
With the use of sonar, oceanographer Dr. Meyer Verlag discovered giant glass pyramids at a depth of two-thousand meters. The use of other devices have allowed scientists to determine that these glass giants are both made of a crystal-like substance, and are nearly 3 times bigger than the pyramid of Cheops in Egypt
Dr. Verlag believes that further investigation into the secrets in the the pyramids center could reveal more information regarding the cases of mysterious disappearances associated with the Bermuda Triangle. In a press conference held in the Bahamas, the scientist presented a report with the exact coordinates of the pyramids, and made note that the technology at use is unknown to modern science. A more detailed study may bring results that are difficult for us to imagine. Who knows what will be discovered about these underwater architectural anomalies – perhaps something of shocking significance.
Built on Land – Lost During Last Pole Shift?
There are several Western scholars who argue that the pyramid on the seabed may have been initially made on the mainland, after which a devastating earthquake struck and changed the landscape completely. Other scientists argue that a few hundred years ago the waters of the Bermuda Triangle area may have as one of the cornerstone activities of the people of Atlantis, and Pyramids on the sea floor may be a supply warehouse for them.
A more detailed study over time will give results that are difficult to imagine. Scientists have processed all of the data and concluded that the surface is perfectly smooth for it to look like glass or ice. The size of the pyramids are nearly three times the size of the pyramids of Cheops. This news was sensational, and was discussed at a conference in Florida and even reported to local Florida newspapers.. The journalists present in it, have a lot of pictures and high resolution computerized data, which show three-dimensional pyramids perfectly smooth, without being covered with a surface free of debris or algae or cracks.Pyramid
Discovery Challenges Current Archaelogical Theory
A gigantic structure, initially identified by a doctor in the 1960s, has recently been independently verified by diving teams from France and the U.S.
The discovery has rocked scientists around the world. Will they rush to investigate it? No, they’re more likely to studiously ignore it. If pressed, they’ll officially position themselves as highly skeptical—especially in light of the potential ramifications.
The pyramid could confirm some engineers’ contentions that pyramids were originally created as massive power sources, support the claim that the ancient city-state of Atlantis did exist, or even provide answers to the mysterious goings-on that have been recorded since the 19th Century in the region of the Atlantic dubbed the Bermuda Triangle.
First discovered in 1968
According to the history, the pyramid was accidentally discovered during 1968 by a doctor of naturopathy, Ray Brown of Mesa, Arizona.
Brown was in the Caribbean on vacation and making dives with friends in a region off the Bahamas known as “the Tongue of the Ocean.” The area acquired that name because a tongue-shaped portion of the seabed extends out from the island before sharply dropping off into much greater depths.
When relating his discovery, the doctor explained he became separated from his diving friends underwater. While attempting to rejoin them he came upon a massive structure rising from the ocean floor: a black, hulking object silhouetted against the lighter sun-filtered water. The object was shaped like a pyramid.
Because he was low on air, he didn’t spend much time investigating the pyramid, but did find a strange crystal sphere.
He brought it to the surface with him and later when the ancient crystal was studied researchers were astonished by its properties.
Properties of Crystal Pyramids
Some theories of Atlantis propose the island city’s power pyramids were made of crystal, or their tops were capped with a crystalline substance.
Could such a thing actually generate, store, and distribute energy on demand? Yes.
Experimenters discovered decades ago that pyramids do tend to act in some ways like a natural electrical capacitor gathering and storing energy around them. The larger the pyramid, the greater the capacity of gathering and storing energy. A pyramid’s composition is important too. Having one made of crystal, or an apex made of crystal, could vastly increase its power.
Crystal has long been known to have energy applications and exhibits natural piezoelectrical properties.
Early radio used germanium crystals to capture the radiowaves and convert them into electrical signals that could be processed and broadcast through headphones into soundwaves duplicating the human voice, music, and other sounds.
Pyramid power, say investigators, is intrinsic to the pyramid shape. It’s an architecture that’s proven to function as an energy accumulator and amplifier of energetic force.
As if to prove the investigators’ assertions true, recently some of the worlds pyramids began discharging beams of raw energy into space.
The bottom line? Pyramids are intrinsically natural generators of power.
Pyramids and the ‘Cavity Structural Effect’
Barry Carter calls attention to another property that pyramids exhibit called the “Cavity Structural Effect” (CSE) by its discoverer, Dr. Viktor S. Grebennikov. The scientist employed the CSE to construct a rudimentary anti-gravitic platform.
Viktor S. Grebennikov demonstrates anti-gravity platform
Carter explains that “Grebennikov also claimed that he could feel energies emitting from the apex of a pyramid: ‘You will soon pick up an active zone, a “clot”, where the Egyptians had their tombs. Another active zone (a “flame”) above the top of the pyramid is also well-perceived by the indicator if you drag its end over the top. The “clot” and the “flame” are well-felt by the finger inserted into the pyramid, or your palm moved above it after some practice. The pyramid effect, which generated many scary and mysterious stories over the centuries, is one of the CSE manifestations.’”
A Bermuda Triangle ‘Death Vortex’
Another deadly phenomenon pyramids may create: an energy vortex
Besides the time and spatial anomalies reported in the Triangle, some survivors of terrifing incidents there have reported huge, swirling vortices suddenly appearing and disappearing .
Evidence exists that some missing ships may have gone missing because of this phenomenon.
Observations of some of the submerged pyramids reveals they sporadically generate intense vortices in the ocean water flowing around them. Those vortices may be caused by a discharge of internal energy.
If those submerged pyramids also discharge massive enegy through their apexes, that could account for the formation of deadly vortices on the surface of the sea that swallows up whole ships along with their doomed crews.
Future expeditions to these mysterious pyramids may finally uncover the truth and reveal amazing ancient technology.
Unfortunately, deep sea archaeology is very expensive and not well-funded. Most dives are to ancient wrecks that promise riches to risk-taking treasure hunters.
And, of course, the world’s universities are not especially eager to explore the idea that very ancient ruins containing high technology may exist that challenges virtually all of the foundations of their pet theories.
Meet the electric life forms that live on pure energy
Meet the electric life forms that live on pure energy
Unlike any other life on Earth, these extraordinary bacteria use energy in its purest form – they eat and breathe electrons – and they are everywhere
(Image: Derek Lovley/SPL)
By Catherine Brahic
Geobacter – a current favourite
STICK an electrode in the ground, pump electrons down it, and they will come: living cells that eat electricity. We have known bacteria to survive on a variety of energy sources, but none as weird as this. Think of Frankenstein’s monster, brought to life by galvanic energy, except these “electric bacteria” are very real and are popping up all over the place.
Unlike any other living thing on Earth, electric bacteria use energy in its purest form – naked electricity in the shape of electrons harvested from rocks and metals. We already knew about two types, Shewanella and Geobacter. Now, biologists are showing that they can entice many more out of rocks and marine mud by tempting them with a bit of electrical juice. Experiments growing bacteria on battery electrodes demonstrate that these novel, mind-boggling forms of life are essentially eating and excreting electricity.
That should not come as a complete surprise, says Kenneth Nealson at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. We know that life, when you boil it right down, is a flow of electrons: “You eat sugars that have excess electrons, and you breathe in oxygen that willingly takes them.” Our cells break down the sugars, and the electrons flow through them in a complex set of chemical reactions until they are passed on to electron-hungry oxygen.
“Life’s clever. It figures out how to suck electrons out of everything we eat and keep them under control”
In the process, cells make ATP, a molecule that acts as an energy storage unit for almost all living things. Moving electrons around is a key part of making ATP. “Life’s very clever,” says Nealson. “It figures out how to suck electrons out of everything we eat and keep them under control.” In most living things, the body packages the electrons up into molecules that can safely carry them through the cells until they are dumped on to oxygen.
“That’s the way we make all our energy and it’s the same for every organism on this planet,” says Nealson. “Electrons must flow in order for energy to be gained. This is why when someone suffocates another person they are dead within minutes. You have stopped the supply of oxygen, so the electrons can no longer flow.”
Video: Electric bacteria connect to form wires
The discovery of electric bacteria shows that some very basic forms of life can do away with sugary middlemen and handle the energy in its purest form – electrons, harvested from the surface of minerals. “It is truly foreign, you know,” says Nealson. “In a sense, alien.”
Nealson’s team is one of a handful that is now growing these bacteria directly on electrodes, keeping them alive with electricity and nothing else – neither sugars nor any other kind of nutrient. The highly dangerous equivalent in humans, he says, would be for us to power up by shoving our fingers in a DC electrical socket.
To grow these bacteria, the team collects sediment from the seabed, brings it back to the lab, and inserts electrodes into it.
First they measure the natural voltage across the sediment, before applying a slightly different one. A slightly higher voltage offers an excess of electrons; a slightly lower voltage means the electrode will readily accept electrons from anything willing to pass them off. Bugs in the sediments can either “eat” electrons from the higher voltage, or “breathe” electrons on to the lower-voltage electrode, generating a current. That current is picked up by the researchers as a signal of the type of life they have captured.
“Basically, the idea is to take sediment, stick electrodes inside and then ask ‘OK, who likes this?’,” says Nealson.
Shocking breath
At the Goldschmidt geoscience conference in Sacramento, California, last month, Shiue-lin Li of Nealson’s labpresented results of experiments growing electricity breathers in sediment collected from Santa Catalina harbour in California. Yamini Jangir, also from the University of Southern California, presented separate experiments which grew electricity breathers collected from a well in Death Valley in the Mojave Desert in California.
Over at the University of Minnesota in St Paul, Daniel Bond and his colleagues have published experiments showing that they could grow a type of bacteria that harvested electrons from an iron electrode (mBio, doi.org/tqg). That research, says Jangir’s supervisor Moh El-Naggar, may be the most convincing example we have so far of electricity eaters grown on a supply of electrons with no added food.
But Nealson says there is much more to come. His PhD student Annette Rowe has identified up to eight different kinds of bacteria that consume electricity. Those results are being submitted for publication.
Nealson is particularly excited that Rowe has found so many types of electric bacteria, all very different to one another, and none of them anything like Shewanella or Geobacter. “This is huge. What it means is that there’s a whole part of the microbial world that we don’t know about.”
“This is huge. What it means is there’s a whole part of the microbial world that we don’t know about”
Discovering this hidden biosphere is precisely why Jangir and El-Naggar want to cultivate electric bacteria. “We’re using electrodes to mimic their interactions,” says El-Naggar. “Culturing the ‘unculturables’, if you will.” The researchers plan to install a battery inside a gold mine in South Dakota to see what they can find living down there.
NASA is also interested in things that live deep underground because such organisms often survive on very little energy and they may suggest modes of life in other parts of the solar system.
Electric bacteria could have practical uses here on Earth, however, such as creating biomachines that do useful things like clean up sewage or contaminated groundwater while drawing their own power from their surroundings. Nealson calls them self-powered useful devices, or SPUDs.
Practicality aside, another exciting prospect is to use electric bacteria to probe fundamental questions about life, such as what is the bare minimum of energy needed to maintain life.
For that we need the next stage of experiments, says Yuri Gorby, a microbiologist at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York: bacteria should be grown not on a single electrode but between two. These bacteria would effectively eat electrons from one electrode, use them as a source of energy, and discard them on to the other electrode.
Gorby believes bacterial cells that both eat and breathe electrons will soon be discovered. “An electric bacterium grown between two electrodes could maintain itself virtually forever,” says Gorby. “If nothing is going to eat it or destroy it then, theoretically, we should be able to maintain that organism indefinitely.”
It may also be possible to vary the voltage applied to the electrodes, putting the energetic squeeze on cells to the point at which they are just doing the absolute minimum to stay alive. In this state, the cells may not be able to reproduce or grow, but they would still be able to run repairs on cell machinery. “For them, the work that energy does would be maintaining life – maintaining viability,” says Gorby.
How much juice do you need to keep a living electric bacterium going? Answer that question, and you’ve answered one of the most fundamental existential questions there is.
Lars Peter Nielsen and his colleagues at Aarhus University in Denmark have found that tens of thousands of electric bacteria can join together to form daisy chains that carry electrons over several centimetres – a huge distance for a bacterium only 3 or 4 micrometres long. It means that bacteria living in, say, seabed mud where no oxygen penetrates, can access oxygen dissolved in the seawater simply by holding hands with their friends.
Such bacteria are showing up everywhere we look, says Nielsen. One way to find out if you’re in the presence of these electron munchers is to put clumps of dirt in a shallow dish full of water, and gently swirl it. The dirt should fall apart. If it doesn’t, it’s likely that cables made of bacteria are holding it together.
Nielsen can spot the glimmer of the cables when he pulls soil apart and holds it up to sunlight (see video).
Flexible biocables
It’s more than just a bit of fun. Early work shows that such cables conduct electricity about as well as the wires that connect your toaster to the mains. That could open up interesting research avenues involving flexible, lab-grown biocables.
This article appeared in print under the headline “The electricity eaters”
Many people still doubt the existence of a flying saucers, but
I tell you, just wait until they appear in large quantity. Around
the entire planet will demonstrate their ability to fly, their appearance and disappearance.
In a way that confuses people into the
large extent, that no one really
understand what is happening. It has been written that the sky will “sign”. This “sign” already seen a lot of people, but by the end of this age will see it every man of the earth and will be surprised”
View from NASA's Eyes on the Solar System. July 4, 2016
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
View from NASA's Eyes on the Solar System. July 3, 2016
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
IN BRIEF
NASA's Juno spacecraft is finally about reach Jupiter following an almost five-year journey. This is the first time a spacecraft will orbit the poles of Jupiter, providing new answers to the most pressing questions about the gas giant.
THE CULMINATION OF A FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
A model of the Juno spacecraft at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Today, after an almost five-year journey, NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter. This evening, Juno will perform an orbit insertion maneuver, a 35-minute burn ion its main engine, to slow the spacecraft by about 542 meters per second (1,212 miles per hour) so it can be captured into the gas giant’s orbit.
So, what if something goes wrong? The Juno mission team is definitely prepared. They’ve programmed the spacecraft with ways to restart itself if something stops the engine burn. That’s good, because NASA really won’t be in a position to help the spacecraft if any problems arise. It takes about 48 minutes to send a radio signal to Jupiter, and 48 minutes to send one back. If there is an issue, NASA will hear about it an hour later, and by that time it will be way too late for the space agency to send any corrective signals from Earth.
Interested in live coverage of the event?
NASA TV coverage of orbital insertion begins tonight at 10:30 p.m. EDT. Or check out NASA’s “Eyes on the Solar System” app that lets you fly along with Juno during Jupiter orbit insertion.
“WE ARE READY”
Once in Jupiter’s orbit, the spacecraft will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 5,000 km (3,100 miles) above the cloud tops. This is the first time a spacecraft will orbit the poles of Jupiter, providing new answers to ongoing mysteries about the planet’s core, composition and magnetic fields.
“We are ready,” said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. “The science team is incredibly excited to be arriving at Jupiter. The engineers and mission controllers are performing at an Olympic level getting Juno successfully into orbit. As Juno barrels down on Jupiter, the scientists are busy looking at the amazing approach science the spacecraft has already returned to Earth. Jupiter is spectacular from afar and will be absolutely breathtaking from close up.”
Not quite ready for your closeup, Jupiter? Don’t worry. Juno won’t begin taking hi-def photos and videos until its first flyby on August 27. After waiting five years, another month shouldn’t be too bad for the Juno team.
Mysterieuze UFO boven Siberië maakt veel los op social media
Mysterieuze UFO boven Siberië maakt veel los op social media
Een virale video van een mysterieus object aan de avondhemel boven een klein Siberisch stadje maakt veel los op social media. Velen geloven dat het een UFO was.
De beelden zijn op 28 juni gemaakt door twee inwoners van het plaatsje Tsjerlak in de Russische regio Omsk. Het filmpje toont een helder object aan het hemelse firmament dat continu van vorm verandert.
Petr Mironov (22), de maker van de video, zei dat het object eruitzag als een soort vlam. “Nee, ik beweeg de camera niet heen en weer, ik houd hem stil” zegt hij in het filmpje. “Het is een kegelvormig object en we zien dit niet met onze eigen ogen.”
Heldere ster
Petr en Tatiana uit Omsk
Sommigen suggereerden dat het een heteluchtballon of optische illusie was die werd veroorzaakt door een defecte cameralens. Sceptici claimden dat het een nepfilmpje was om aandacht te trekken.
Die beschuldiging is gebaseerd op het feit dat Tatiana Kopylova (23), die de beelden op YouTube plaatste, een groot fan is van UFO’s en vaker dit soort filmpjes plaatst.
De Siberische astronoom Vladimir Krupko vermoedt dat het close-up beelden zijn van een heldere ster. Om die reden zou het object soms kegel- of ruitvormig zijn, aldus nieuwssite OmskZdes.
Buitenaards ruimteschip
Scott C. Waring beweerde echter dat het vliegende object boven Siberië een UFO was en ook in andere delen van de wereld is gezien, waaronder Taiwan, China en Israël. “Dit is geen planeet of ster, dit is een UFO,” zei hij. “Ik heb het met eigen ogen gezien boven Taiwan.”
Het is niet voor het eerst dat er UFO’s zijn gezien boven Omsk, meldt OmskZdes. Meer dan 50 jaar geleden werd daar ook al een mysterieus object gezien. En in 1991 zagen inwoners van het dorp Tsjoekreevka een vuurbal boven de straten zweven. Het object raakte uiteindelijk de grond en explodeerde.
Ufologen suggereerden destijds dat de bal een buitenaards ruimteschip was. Experts troffen een grote hoeveelheid chemische elementen aan op de plek van de explosie, waaronder zeldzame metalen.
Onmogelijke verdwijnende sterren kunnen wijzen op hoogontwikkelde buitenaardse beschavingen
Onmogelijke verdwijnende sterren kunnen wijzen op hoogontwikkelde buitenaardse beschavingen
Arthur C. Clarke werd bekend om zijn uitspraak ‘elke voldoende geavanceerde technologie is niet te onderscheiden van tovenarij’. Als je door een tijdreiziger uit het verleden zou worden meegenomen naar het heden, zou je moderne technologieën zoals draadloze apparaten, vliegtuigen en zelfs kunstmatig licht waarschijnlijk als tovenarij zien.
Astronomen van de Universiteit van Uppsala in Zweden passen hetzelfde principe nu toe in de zoektocht naar hoogontwikkelde buitenaardse beschavingen door te zoeken naar tovenarij aan de avondhemel.
Ver te boven
Ze speuren de hemel af op zoek naar sterren die plotseling op onverklaarbare wijze verdwijnen. Een ster die verdwijnt wijst mogelijk op de aanwezigheid van een zeer geavanceerde technologie die onze verbeelding ver te boven gaat.
Eerder haalde een bizarre ster het nieuws die volgens sommige astronomen wordt omringd door een ‘buitenaardse megastructuur’. Die zou worden gebruikt om een hoogontwikkelde buitenaardse beschaving van energie te voorzien.
Veel verder ontwikkeld
Tot dusver heeft het team van de Universiteit van Uppsala zo’n 300.000 lichtbronnen geanalyseerd. Er zijn al een aantal kandidaten geselecteerd die verder onderzocht moeten worden.
Wat als we bewijs vinden voor technologieën die sterren kunnen laten verdwijnen? Een buitenaardse beschaving die het onmogelijke mogelijk kan maken is hoogstwaarschijnlijk veel verder ontwikkeld dan de mens.
SCHOOLMEISJE VERTELT OVER ONTMOETING MET BUITENAARDSEN ( VIDEO )
SCHOOLMEISJE VERTELT OVER ONTMOETING MET BUITENAARDSEN ( VIDEO )
Voor de eerste keer vertelt Emily Trim publiekelijk over haar ontmoeting met buitenaardsen op het schoolplein in Ruwa in het Afrikaanse Zimbabwe.
Zij was één van de kinderen die in 1994 oog in oog stond met de vreemde wezens die net daarvoor waren geland.
In 1994 gebeurde er iets heel bijzonders bij een school in Rwanda in Afrika. Een gebeurtenis die het leven van veel mensen voorgoed zou veranderen.
Voor het verslag van die gebeurtenis lenen we wat tekst van Ufowijzer:
Een incident dat in 1994 voorviel op de Ariel school in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, toen 62 kinderen tussen de 8 en 12 jaar oud, meldden dat ze tijdens hun speelkwartier die morgen een UFO en ‘vreemde wezens’ hadden gezien.
“Het was die morgen speelkwartier en ze waren buiten op het schoolterrein,” zegt Nickerson. “Ze zagen één zilver hoofdvoertuig waar omheen zich vier andere objecten bevonden. Het kwam naar beneden op een heuvel naast het speelterrein van de school dat zonder hekken was. De grens ervan was de rand van het speelterrein, daarna werd het kreupelbos en heuvelachtig. Ze renden naar de rand van het speelterrein om te kijken was dat voor ding was. Ze zagen een klein wezen dat rondliep bovenop het voertuig terwijl er een ander wezen naar beneden kwam naar de kinderen toe. Hij was helemaal in het zwart, met een strak zittend pak aan. De kinderen vertelden dat hij grote ogen had, ‘zoals rugby ballen’.
De kinderen hadden direct oogcontact met dit wezen. Er lijkt de een of andere vorm van communicatie tussen het wezen en de kinderen te zijn geweest over de staat van de wereld – wat wij de planeet aandoen, de vernietiging die we veroorzaken. Maar niet alle kinderen bleken deze boodschap te hebben gekregen. Enkele kinderen waren getraumatiseerd, anderen waren opgewonden. De jongere kinderen waren degene die overstuur waren, omdat zij vooraan in de groep stonden.
Ze renden allemaal schreeuwend terug naar hun onderwijzers. Die geloofden hen in eerste instantie niet. Maar toen de kinderen thuis kwamen en het aan hun ouders vertelden, kwamen die naar school en wilden weten wat er was voorgevallen. Kort daarna werd de kinderen gevraagd te tekenen wat ze gezien hadden. Ze deden dat afzonderlijk. De tekeningen waren allemaal hetzelfde.”
Eén van hen destijds was Emily Trim.
Zij behoorde bij de kinderen die tot op enkele meters verwijderd stonden van de buitenaardse wezens.
Tot op de dag van vandaag heeft die gebeurtenis grote invloed op haar.
Emliy is ervan overtuigd dat de buitenaardsen haar boodschappen hebben doorgegeven.
Ze heeft prachtige tekeningen en schilderijen gemaakt die volgens haar een manifestatie zijn van de boodschappen die ze heeft ontvangen.
In de onderstaande video spreekt Emily voor het eerst publiekelijk over haar ervaringen.
Het verhaal van een kind dat oog in oog stond met buitenaardsen.
MOEDER UFO BOVEN ALASKA LANCEERT DRIE KLEINERE UFO'S
MOEDER UFO BOVEN ALASKA LANCEERT DRIE KLEINERE UFO'S
Het is middenin de nacht wanneer nachtwaker Jared zijn ronde doet in het slapende Fairbanks in de Amerikaanse staat Alaska.
Het is koud en de lucht is kraakhelder en opeens ziet deze nachtwaker een vreemd licht verschijnen aan de hemel.
Afgelopen donderdag waren wij te gast bij First, een televisiekanaal voor jongeren in samenwerking met Ziggo, waar we onder andere de volgende vraag kregen:
Is YouTube in jouw ogen een voordeel of een nadeel voor het onthullen van de waarheid? Omdat werkelijk iedereen zomaar video’s kan maken over van alles en nog wat.
En toen lieten ze tijdens de uitzending een aantal Youtube opnames zien van UFO’s, waarvan een aantal zelfgemaakte om aan te tonen hoe gemakkelijk het tegenwoordig is om nepopnames te maken.
Wat dat betreft wordt Youtube op een bepaalde manier ook wel een nadeel, omdat het wordt overspoeld door gelukszoekers, grappenmakers en zelfs complete bedrijven die zich specialiseren in het maken van nepvideo’s over UFO’s, af en toe afgewisseld met een echte opnames zoals de beruchte nep videomaker, Thirdphase of the Moon, dat ook doet.
En toch…
Ook zitten er echte opnames tussen al die grappenmakers, zoals de volgende:
Honderd procent zekerheid heb je nooit, die heb je alleen als je zelf een bepaalde opname hebt gemaakt, maar er zijn wel een aantal factoren waar je naar kunt kijken.
Zoals wie heeft de opname gemaakt en waar?
De volgende video is gemaakt in Fairbanks in de Amerikaanse staat Alaska in de nacht van 13 mei 2016 ergens tussen één en drie uur.
Hij is gemaakt door een nachtwaker die op patrouille was. Een man die eigenlijk nooit video’s maakt en geen enkele reden heeft om nu ineens een nepvideo te plaatsen.
Ook wanneer je luistert naar de verbaasde opmerkingen terwijl de opname wordt gemaakt, is een indicatie dat je hier te maken hebt met een echte gebeurtenis.
En die is toch wel bijzonder, want je ziet heel duidelijk een UFO in de lucht hangen, maar dat niet alleen, het lijkt alsof er zich op een gegeven moment andere UFO’s van afsplitsen.
Het lijkt alsof je te maken hebt met een soort moeder UFO van waaruit een drietal kleinere tevoorschijn komen die op een verkenningsmissie worden gestuurd.
Op een later punt zullen ze dan weer allemaal terugkeren naar de moeder-UFO en het geheel zal weer verdwijnen zoals ze zijn gekomen.
Hieronder een video van hetzelfde fenomeen maar dan met wat analyse van beelden erbij.
Ook in ons land komen de vreemde ronde bollen nog steeds veelvuldig voor, meestal wit of oranje gekleurd.
Tijdens de televisieuitzending bij First was daar ook te gast Marcel Schakenraad van het Youtubekanaal Raar Maar Waar.
Ook bij Marcel staan de vreemde onverklaarbare oranje bollen in de top drie van UFO-waarnemingen in ons land. Deze video is inmiddels al twee jaar oud, dus misschien binnenkort tijd voor een update.
As I was going though this weeks Black and White NASA Curiosity Rover photos, I found a glowing object that really shouldn't be there. Its dark and this object is glowing like it makes its own energy. We can clearly make out many right angles so it does look like its a constructed object.
This area had two photos of it, one with the white object, one without it. One was taken by the Navcam Left B camera. The other Navcam Right B camera.Both were taken at 06:38:20, so perhaps this white object hid quickly in those rocks. This could be a white rabbit creature, like the one I reported back in 2012. (Click here to view the white rabbit).
If the rover investigated it, all close up photos were not posted. There is only one photo of this object and it was so bright that I am confident that NASA scientists noticed.
UFOs Appear In Henderson Despite Fireworks Happening Everywhere, July 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFOs Appear In Henderson Despite Fireworks Happening Everywhere, July 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: July 2, 2016 Location of sighting: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA This UFO was caught by Steven Barone of Vegas this week. It is higher than the mountains and moves up and down very fast, so it could be a UFO, but it also could be a secret project from the local US Air Force base nearby. Very cool catch, just wish it was in night vision. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com Eyewitness states: I shot this video from my backyard in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas, Nevada on the night of July 2, 2016. Being that the 4th of July was only two days away I wondered what kind of night it was going to be. I see fireworks going off all year long and it gets heavy around holidays where fireworks are typically used to celebrate. I definitely saw plenty of fireworks going off last night but it didn't seem to have any effect on the UFO activity. I caught these UFOs that I see all the time out in the desert in Henderson along with an amazing display at the Air Force Base. There were also some objects that appeared in the north valley. I used up a new set of batteries on the night vision camera because that event went on so long. It turned out to be a bit of a bummer because after filming four lights sitting still just hovering and flashing there was only one time where a fifth object appeared and moved briefly. I put that video together and decided to delete it because it wasn't really anything special and I need all the room I can save on my external hard drives.
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