Forget global warming, worry about the MAGNETOSPHERE: Earth's magnetic field is collapsing and it could affect the climate and wipe out power grids

• Earth's magnetic field has weakened by 15 per cent over the last 200 years
• Could be a sign that the planet's north and south poles are about to flip
• If this happens, solar winds could punch holes into the Earth's ozone layer
• This could damage power grids, affect weather and increase cancer rates
• Evidence of flip happening in the past has been uncovered in pottery
• As the magnetic shield weakens, the spectacle of an aurora would be visible every night all over the Earth

By ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD 

Deep within the Earth, a fierce molten core is generating a magnetic field capable of defending our planet against devastating solar winds.

The protective field extends thousands of miles into space and its magnetism affects everything from global communication to animal migration and weather patterns.

But this magnetic field, so important to life on Earth, has weakened by 15 per cent over the last 200 years. And this, scientists claim, could be a sign that the Earth’s poles are about to flip. 

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The Earth's protective field extends thousands of miles into space and its magnetism affects everything from global communication to animal migration and weather patterns

Experts believe we're currently overdue a flip, but they're unsure when this could occur. 

If a switch happens, we would be exposed to solar winds capable of punching holes into the ozone layer. 

The impact could be devastating for mankind, knocking out power grids, radically changing Earth’s climate and driving up rates of cancer.

‘This is serious business’, Richard Holme, Professor of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences at Liverpool University told MailOnline. ‘Imagine for a moment your electrical power supply was knocked out for a few months – very little works without electricity these days.’

The Earth's climate would change drastically. In fact, a recent Danish study believes global warming is directly related to the magnetic field rather than CO2 emissions.

The study claimed that the planet is experiencing a natural period of low cloud cover due to fewer cosmic rays entering the atmosphere.

Radiation at ground level would also increase, with some estimates suggesting overall exposure to cosmic radiation would double causing more deaths from cancer.

Researchers predict that in the event of a flip, every year a hundred thousand people would die from the increased levels of space radiation.

'Radiation could be 3-5 times greater than that from the man-made ozone holes. Furthermore, the ozone holes would be larger and longer-lived,' said Dr Colin Forsyth from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory at UCL.

The magnetosphere is a large area around the Earth produced by the planet's magnetic field. It presence means that charged particles of the solar wind are unable to cross the magnetic field lines and are deflected around the Earth

The magnetosphere is a large area around the Earth produced by the planet’s magnetic field. It presence means that charged particles of the solar wind are unable to cross the magnetic field lines and are deflected around the Earth.

Space agencies are now taking the threat seriously. In November, three spacecraft were launched as part of the SWARM mission to uncover how the Earth’s magnetic field is changing.

The mission plans to provide better maps of our planet's magnetic field and help scientists understand the impact of space weather on satellite communication and GPS.

‘Whilst we have a basic understanding of the interior of the Earth, there is much we still don’t know,’ said Dr Forsyth.

‘We do not fully understand how the Earth’s magnetic field is generated, why it is variable and the timescales of these variations.’

The mission will provide a current map of Earth’s magnetic field. But historic evidence of its decline has already been found in a surprising source – ancient pottery.

Scientists have discovered that ancient pots can act as a magnetic time capsule. This is because they contain an iron-based mineral called magnetite. When pots form, the magnetite minerals align with the Earth’s magnetic field, just like compass needles.

WHAT IS GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL?

The Earth’s magnetic field is in a permanent state of change. Magnetic north drifts around and every few hundred thousand years the polarity flips so a compass would point south instead of north. The strength of the magnetic field also constantly changes and currently it is showing signs of significant weakening.

The Earth magnetic field is mainly generated in the very hot molten core of the planet. The magnetic field is basically a dipole (it has a North and a South Pole). Magnetic reversal or flip is the process by which the North Pole is transformed into the South and vice versa, typically following a considerable reduction in the strength of the magnetic field. However, weakening of the magnetic field does not always result in a reversal.

During a reversal, scientists expect to see more complicated field pattern at the Earth's surface, with perhaps more than one North and South Pole at any given time. The overall strength of the field, anywhere on the Earth, may be no more than a tenth of its strength now.

The Earth's magnetic field is generated in the very hot molten core of the planet. Scientists believe Mars used to have a magnetic field similar to that on Earth which protected its atmosphere

By examining pottery from prehistory to modern times, scientists have discovered just how dramatically the field has changed in the last few centuries.

They’ve found that Earth’s magnetic field is in a permanent state of flux. Magnetic north drifts and every few hundred thousand years the polarity flips so a compass would point south instead of north.

If the magnetic field continues to decline, over billions of years, Earth could end up like Mars - a once oceanic world that has become a dry, barren planet incapable of supporting life.

WHAT ARE THE DANGERS OF A MAGNETIC FLIP?

Life has existed on the Earth for billions of years, during which there have been many reversals. 

There is no obvious correlation between animal extinctions and those reversals. Likewise, reversal patterns do not have any correlation with human development and evolution. 

It appears that some animals, such as whales and some birds use Earth's magnetic field for migration and direction finding. 

Since geomagnetic reversal takes a number of thousands of years, they could well adapt to the changing magnetic environment or develop different methods of navigation.

Radiation at ground level would increase, however, with some estimates suggesting that overall exposure to cosmic radiation would double causing more deaths from cancer. ‘But only slightly,’ said Professor Richard Holme. 

‘And much less than lying on the beach in Florida for a day. So if it happened, the protection method would probably be to wear a big floppy hat.’

Electric grid collapse from severe solar storms is a major risk. As the magnetic field continues to weaken, scientists are highlighting the importance off-the grid energy systems using renewable energy sources to protect the Earth against a black out. 

'The very highly charged particles can have a deleterious effect on the satellites and astronauts,' added Dr Mona Kessel, a Magnetosphere discipline scientist at Nasa. 

In one area, there is evidence that a flip is already occurring. ‘The increasing strength of the South Atlantic anomaly, an area of weak field over Brazil, is already a problem,’ said Professor Richard Holme. 

The Earth's climate could also change. A recent Danish study has found that the earth's weather has been significantly affected by the planet's magnetic field.

They claimed that fluctuations in the number of cosmic rays hitting the atmosphere directly alter the amount of cloud covering the planet.

Henrik Svensmark, a weather scientist at the Danish National Space Centre who led the team behind the research, believes that the planet is experiencing a natural period of low cloud cover due to fewer cosmic rays entering the atmosphere.

But scientists claim the rate of decline is too fast for the Earth’s core to simply burn out. Instead, the story told by ancient pottery suggests the Earth's poles could be about to undergo another flip.

According to the British Geological Survey, the Earth's magnetic field has on average four or five reversals in polarity every million years and we’re now overdue a similar event.

‘At the moment, we cannot accurately determine whether or not the Earth’s field is about to flip,’ said Dr Forsyth. ‘We have only been recording the Earth’s field for around 170 years; about 1-15 per cent of the time a flip is expected to take.’

If a flip occurs, it would cause the Earth’s magnetic shield to be weakened for thousands of years, opening up our defences and causing cosmic radiation to get through.  

'We have a double layer defence shield,' said Jim Wild a space scientists at Lancaster University. 

'Space is full of stuff that’s not great for biological tissue. If we didn’t have an atmosphere, that stuff would be hitting us. It’s the magnetic field protects atmosphere from the solar wind.'

Not all of the effects of a weak magnetic field will be bad. The much sought-after spectacle of an aurora would be visible every night all over the Earth as solar winds hit the atmosphere

‘Satellites flying over have far more problems than in other locations. Astrophysical satellite are just switched off in this location, but from my perspective, this isn’t much good if you want to study the Brazilian rainforest.’

'The very highly charged particles can have a deleterious effect on the satellites and astronauts,' added Dr Mona Kessel, a Magnetosphere discipline scientist at Nasa. 

Scientists however, are quick to point out that while a magnetic flip could cause problems for mankind, the event won’t be a catastrophic.

‘We’ve had many reversals in the past, and haven’t been able to show that they had anything to do with, for example, mass extinctions,’ said Professor Holme.

And not all of the effects will be bad. The much sought-after spectacle of an aurora would be visible every night all over the Earth as solar winds hit the atmosphere.

There remains, however, much work yet to be done in understanding the properties of the deep Earth.

The Earth’s core is a hostile world where the crushing forces and temperatures, similar to that of the surface of the sun, take our scientific understanding and abilities to the limit.

'This isn't some crazy theory that might happen,' said Professor Wild. 'There is evidence, but we still need to do more science to understand the impact...I'm confident we can come up with a solution.'

WHAT IS THE SWARM MISSION?

Swarm is a ESA satellite mission which was launched on 22nd November 2013.

The mission consists of three identical satellites which will precisely measure the strength and direction of Earth's magnetic field. The new data will be processed by British Geological Survey to produce an accurate map of this field.

In order to best measure the field, the satellites will orbit in a unique configuration. Two satellites will fly side-by-side at height of 450 km, while the third satellite will fly at an altitude of 530 km. 

The lower two satellites will allow very fine measurements of the magnetic field generated by the rocks in the Earth's crust, which are difficult to detect otherwise. The upper satellite will give a simultaneous measurement at a different location.

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06-02-2019 om 22:53 geschreven door peter  

The classic children’s book image of the North Pole has it looking more like a barber pole – candy-cane red-and-white stripes with a bright ball on top. Those are also the colors of “Waldo of the ubiquitous Where’s Waldo series, that may be more than just a coincidence – a new announcement by NASA reveals that the magnetic North Pole has been on the move and is becoming exceeding difficult to find. The latest data actually has it moving towards Siberia. Should we also drop the search for Waldo and start watching for Yakov?

“Due to unplanned variations in the Arctic region, scientists have released a new model to more accurately represent the change of the magnetic field.”

The announcement comes from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and carries the scary title: “World Magnetic Model Out-of-Cycle Release.” Out-of-cycle is never good news – whether it’s referring to reports, machines or ovulations. In this case, it refers to the World Magnetic Model, which is an official map of the Earth’s magnetic field created by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the United Kingdom’s Defence Geographic Centre (DGC). It’s used by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.K. Ministry of Defence, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and civilian organizations for navigation, attitude and heading referencing systems using the geomagnetic field. The model is produced at 5-year intervals, with the current model expiring on December 31, 2019.

(Wikipedia)

However …

The most famous element of the planet’s magnetic field – the magnetic North Pole which all compasses actually point to – has been moving unpredictably and inexplicably around the Northern Hemisphere for the past few years at speeds and increments so large that the NCEI decided not to wait until New Year’s Eve 2019 and instead issue an out-of-cycle state of the mag pole address. And what exactly IS its address these days? Well, what day is this? The pole is moving at a speed of up to 60 km (37 mi) per year towards Russia and has crossed the International Dateline into the Eastern Hemisphere. Beyond that, the formula is located somewhere deep inside the out-of-cycle release, while those in charge assure us that everything is now fine and your GPS won’t direct you over a cliff.

Except …

The out-of-cycle release was knocked even further out-of-cycle by the recent U.S. government shutdown, which the powers that be also assure us did not contribute to the problem.

Really? Then what is causing this mysterious pole migration anyway?

At the 2018 American Geophysical Union fall meeting, geophysicist Phil Livermore blamed it on an epic underground battle going on right now between a magnetic field in northern Canada and one in Siberia over the control of the magnetic pole. Canada is weakening and Siberia is winning, although he’s not really sure why. Nor does he say if this is linked to the prediction that the magnetic north and south poles are due to flip relatively (in terms of geology) soon. Good luck using your GPS when that happens (not for thousands of years, but it’s always good to be prepared, especially when dealing with government-related predictions).

Should we be worried about the on-the-move-to-parts-unknown-for-no-apparent-reason North Magnetic Pole? Geoff Reeves, a space scientist at Los Alamos National Lab, said this in National Geographic:

“We know that the pole now is moving faster than it has for decades, but how often does that happen in the long historical record? We don’t have any idea. What we know is what it’s doing now is different, and that’s always exciting scientifically.”

If you’re looking for Waldo, you might want to start at the bottom of a cliff, staring and swearing at his GPS.

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06-02-2019 om 22:35 geschreven door peter  

"Leaked" footage of United Nations discussing giant UFO pyramid over the Pentagon, Feb 2019, video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: December 21, 2018 (4PM)

Here is something mind-blowing. A speech was given by Aliya Prokofyeva in the United Nations building...yes its really at the United Nations. Its not faked. This is video taken at the United Nations podium. She gives witness testimony about a giant triangle UFO hovering over the Pentagon in Washington DC. 

Even thought the UN asked to not record...of course thats the time when you know something important is worth recording. So yes, its legit. What really is interesting here is that its a Russian woman, probably a spy that is releasing the information to the UN, not an American, not a US congressman or Senator or President...but a Russian! 

Scientists recently measured mysteriously repeating radio signals coming from a galaxy 1.5 billion light-years away. FRB 180814.J0422+73 was the signals name. The repeating signal was part of 13 fast radio bursts (FRBs) detected by a new telescope in Canada. This signal was the same signal received from the triangle UFO over the Pentagon. The meaning of the signal...still not divulged to the public...but must be very significant...maybe even a final warning before a cataclysmic event. 

Now hear me. Many will try to debunk and tell you that this video is a lie...but believe me...they base their words on optioning without a single fact to back them up. This...is 100% real. 
Scott C. Waring

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06-02-2019 om 22:23 geschreven door peter  

Groene elektriciteit kampt met grondstoffencrisis

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06-02-2019 om 22:18 geschreven door peter  

06-02-2019 om 18:08 geschreven door peter  

When Secrecy is Better than Official Disclosure of Extraterrestrial Life

MICHAEL SALLA

Dr. Steven Greer, a leading figure in the UFO disclosure movement, has just proposed an audacious idea concerning official disclosure of extraterrestrial life. In his expert opinion, acquired over more than 25 years of disclosure advocacy, continued secrecy is better than disclosing the truth about visiting aliens if they are depicted in any other way than peaceful nonviolent beings attempting to advance the evolution of human life on Earth.

In the February 5 installment of Gaia TV’s Disclosure series, Greer was interviewed on the topic of the “Architecture of Secrecy” and explained his view about how official disclosure should be handled. He asserted his controversial idea that continued secrecy is better than any disclosure scenario that depicts extraterrestrials as in any way constituting a threat:

My biggest concern is that there’s a hijacking of disclosure around a narrative of a threat, of an us versus them scenario. That is the sort of thing that can lead to the worst possible outcome.  I wrote a paper called “When Disclosure Serves Secrecy”. Disclosure that would serve the secret agenda is not something that we need. I’d rather have the secrecy continue, frankly. But a disclosure that would be truthful and would be forward looking, and that would have an interplanetary peace initiative, and communication and contact initiative, and that would have the release of these technologies for peaceful energy generation, transportation and what have you, that would transform the planet very quickly  (Video: 9:45)

Greer explicitly referred to Luiz Elizondo and Dr. Hal Puthoff, who are senior figures in Tom DeLonge’s To The Stars Academy, as a major part of the threat scenario that is being currently put out into the public arena through the major news media. On that score, I would agree with Greer that the “Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program” (AATIP) which was created within the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2007, and headed by Elizondo up to 2017, was unnecessarily framing the UFO issue in terms of it being a threat to national security.

If Greer only limited himself to critiquing depictions of UFOs and all extraterrestrial visitors as a threat, which AATIP appeared to be doing, he would be on solid ground. However, Greer in the Disclosure interview, as well as in past public statements, made it clear that he is against researcher that depict any extraterrestrials, even if only a small percentage, as a threat in any way.

On May 2, 2006, Greer launched an extraordinary public attack on my exopolitics research for having committed the egregious sin of proposing that extraterrestrials could in any way behave similarly to humans in terms of a wide range of motivations. My research dividing extraterrestrials into different motivational categories, e.g., the good, the bad and the indifferent, was lambasted by Greer as fueled by disinformation.

Greer is no doubt correct that elements of the Military Industrial Complex are exaggerating the threat narrative when it comes to UFOs and extraterrestrial visitation, which AATIP appeared to be currently doing and which I acknowledged back in my 2006 response to Greer. In it, however, I also pointed out that Greer’s bold assertion that there is no evidence of hostile extraterrestrial behavior, can be easily shown to be wrong by examining multiple sources revealing the egregious behavior of some extraterrestrial visitors.

On July 26, 2010, Greer was confronted by Project Camelot founders, Kerry Cassidy and Bill Ryan, over the same issue, and they presented their own evidentiary sources that some extraterrestrial visitors were behaving unethically and maliciously.

In 2018, Greer attacked two of the insider sources I have cited extensively in my secret space program book series, Corey Goode and William Tompkins, as putting out disinformation about aggressive extraterrestrials, Draconian Reptilians, who are described as a prominent part of the planetary control system. In this case, he speculated that both Goode and Tompkins were implanted with false memories and were unwittingly spreading disinformation.

Again, I responded to Greer by pointing out the abundant evidence refuting his audacious assertion that no extraterrestrials behave in ways that are unethical or malicious. Indeed, I showed how his dismissal of Tompkins claims, in particular, ignored the impressive documentation substantiating his information.

With that brief background on Greer’s past public statements on the issue of some, not all, extraterrestrials being unethical and malicious, the context has been set for better understanding the implications of what Greer had to say next in the February 5 interview.

Greer repeated his assertion that continued secrecy is preferable to any official disclosure announcement describing aliens as a threat, even if only partially or a subset of the entire alien visitation scenario:

The disclosure of this subject is the most important announcement in the history of the human race. How it’s handled, it has to be handled with great wisdom and great care. If it is handled with the kind of buffoonery and clumsiness that is evolving, or with partial truths, mixed in with disinformation, with frightening scenarios that scare the hell out of the public, I actually prefer the secrecy. (17:34)

What makes Greer’s views significant is that he claims to be in touch with members of the oversight group of up to 200 members commonly referred to as the MAJIC committee. Greer asserts that he is providing them with an expert civilian perspective on disclosure, where, incredibly, he appears to be advocating continued secrecy if an official disclosure statement is not framed in the way he prescribes.

In short, what is widely regarded as “full disclosure”, where all the facts and evidence of visiting extraterrestrials – good and bad – along with the truth about secret space programs is publicly revealed in an official announcement, is not supported by Greer. On the contrary, he only supports a “limited disclosure” statement where all references to unethical or malicious aliens is sanitized.

It’s hard to envisage that a leading figure in the disclosure advocacy movement could support continued secrecy on any grounds, let alone the dubious grounds Greer asserts, which I and others have shown ignores a large body of evidence. As to why Greer is taking such an extreme position, there are a number of explanations that come to mind. One is that he is personally invested in a secret Vatican initiative to establish a “New Cosmic Esoteric World Religion” through a “false flag alien savior event” as described elsewhere. Another is that Greer has been co-opted or compromised by the MAJIC Committee in charge of extraterrestrial related projects and is sabotaging the disclosure movement by imposing unreasonable demands for a future official disclosure announcement.

Greer’s position that continued secrecy is better than an official disclosure announcement which contains reference to any extraterrestrial visitors as a threat, is a position that he will find increasingly difficult to defend given the public’s growing awareness of all the available evidence of visiting aliens, and the diverse motivations behind their activities. Full disclosure is already well underway through multiple public initiatives  disclosing all aspects of visiting extraterrestrial life and secret space programs, and any effort to filter or curtail such information in ways favored by Greer, are certain to fail.

© Michael E. Salla, Ph.D. Copyright Notice

Further Reading

• Are Secret Space Program Disclosures Prelude to a False Flag Alien Invasion?
• Secret Space Program Disclosures & False Flag Alien Events
• Exopolitics versus Exospin: A Response to Dr Steven Greer
• Leaked Document Recommends False Flag Alien Invasion to save Clinton Campaign
• Trump Victory Due to FBI Stopping False Flag Alien Invasion
• Will Vatican declaration of an alien savior spark a religious war?

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06-02-2019 om 17:50 geschreven door peter  

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06-02-2019 om 16:54 geschreven door peter  

Yellowstone volcano Ground Rising after 121 earthquakes

Yellowstone volcano Ground Rising after 121 earthquakes

YELLOWSTONE volcano’s ground is slowly creeping upward around its most active geyser basin, USGS officials have revealed after seismographs have confirmed more than 120 earthquakes across Yellowstone Park.

Yellowstone volcano officials are paying attention to an ongoing shift in the supervolcano’s landscape, which began as early as 2015. Yellowstone’s Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone’s hottest geyser basin, witnessed ground levels rise by almost an inch last year. Officials from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed in the latest Yellowstone activity update, the basin rose by 0.78 inches (2cm) in 2018. GPS data collected throughout the Yellowstone volcanic caldera suggests this part of the national park has been rising for at least three years now.

In the same Yellowstone update, the USGS revealed a total of 121 earthquakes were recorded in the Yellowstone area in December 2018 alone.

The earthquakes struck in rapid swarms and singular tremors throughout the park.

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06-02-2019 om 14:54 geschreven door peter  

What Lies Beneath Area 51 + Man Who Spoke Out About Area 51 Has An Invention (Video)

MYSTERIOUS crater-shaped hole in the ground near to Area 51 is “unlike anything ever seen” and has prompted theories that the bizarre crater could be an entrance to an underground military base.

 A bizarre crater appeared on Google Earth earlier this week close to Area 51 and appears man-made with a strange tower emerging out of the huge ditch. The incredible discovery was revealed by Blake and Brett Cousins – of YouTube channel thirdphaseofmoon – who captioned the footage: “We Found Something Underneath Area 51.” In the footage, a large, thin object can be seen poking out of the middle of a large circular hole in the ground.

The shock revelaton has sparked a frenzy of theories, including that the huge tower inside the vent is the tower of a new top-secret underground military base.

Speaking about his discovery, Blake Cousins says: “Conspiracy theorists are going wild right now.

“This could be some sort of vent or a tower embedded within a crater close to Area 51. This not a natural phenomenon, it is quite a mystery.

He said: “It doesn’t relate to any of the other craters in the area – this one looks like a tower or a vent.

“It is a massive crater – the tower looks like it is dozens of feet tall.

“This crater doesn’t relate to any of the other craters. There is no measuring device coming out of it.

“There might be a base or something underneath. It has been dug out, carved out by humans. You hear about Area 51 as a massive city underneath the ground. This could be linked.

“It shouldn’t be there, it shouldn’t exist.

The crater is just miles from the top-secret military base Area 51, which has previously been linked to various alien experiments. 

The Man Who Spoke About Area 51 And Was Ridiculed, Now He Invented A Car That Runs With Water,

Source via  Raees Ahmad  

• https://www.infocrazy.xyz/2018/12/what-is-beneath-area-51-mysterious.html

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06-02-2019 om 14:48 geschreven door peter  

Asteroïde kan mensheid vernietigen net als dinosauriërs, maar wetenschappers zijn bezig met plan om wereld te redden - HLN.be

Bron: The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Post

Algemeen wordt aangenomen dat de bekendste en meest ingrijpende inslag van een asteroïde 65 miljoen jaar geleden plaatsvond in de Golf van Mexico en verantwoordelijk was voor het uitsterven van de dinosauriërs. Het ging om een asteroïde van 8 tot 10 kilometer diameter. “We hebben alle asteroïden van die omvang in onze buurt intussen gelokaliseerd en hoeven daar niet bang voor te zijn”, verzekert Paul Chodas van het Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) van de NASA aan het California Institute of Technology. Maar kleinere asteroïden kunnen ook grote schade aanrichten.

Lees ook

NASA-wetenschappers verbijsterd: mysterieus eiland doemt op uit oceaan en krioelt nu al van leven

Verwoesting

“Zelfs een asteroïde van 1 kilometer doorsnee kan wereldwijde verwoesting veroorzaken als hij op de verkeerde plaats inslaat. Het zijn eigenlijk de kleine asteroïden die het meeste risico inhouden”, aldus de wetenschapper in de Amerikaanse krant The Washington Post.

Amper 100 jaar geleden was het al een keer bijna prijs. Op 30 juni 1908 ontplofte een meteoor boven een verlaten gebied in Siberië en die vernietigde 1.200 vierkante kilometers bos. Volgens onderzoek zou de vuurbal even krachtig geweest zijn als 185 keer de atoombom op Hiroshima en zou de lucht verhit zijn tot een temperatuur van bijna 50.000 graden. Was de meteoor 3 uur later ingeslagen, dan had hij door de draaiing van de aarde de Russische hoofdstad Moskou volledig van de kaart kunnen vegen. En dat zou de geschiedenis van de 20ste eeuw volledig herschreven hebben. (lees hieronder verder)

Maar ook recenter was er een incident. Exact 6 jaar geleden ontplofte opnieuw een meteoor boven Siberië, deze keer met de kracht van 1 atoombom. De meteoor had de grootte van een schoolbus en een snelheid van 64.000 kilometer per uur. De schokgolf vernielde bijna alle ramen in de stad Tsjeljabinsk. Meer dan 1.000 mensen raakten gewond.

Ramkoers

Wetenschappers overleggen al lang over wat er nu precies moet gebeuren als ze een asteroïde zouden ontdekken die op ramkoers met de aarde ligt. De NASA overwoog al om er kernkoppen op af te schieten, maar dan bestaat het risico dat brokstukken alsnog op aarde terechtkomen. Ander idee is om er met een ruimtetuig naast te gaan vliegen en de asteroïde door de zwaartekracht van zijn baan te doen afwijken. Maar er is nóg een optie en die wordt nu als eerste getest. (lees hieronder verder)

De wetenschappers van APL zijn begonnen met het ontwerpen en bouwen van een DART-ruimtetuig, wat staat voor ‘Double Asteroid Redirection Test’. Het doel is om het op een ruimterots af te sturen en het ermee te laten botsen: niet zo hard dat hij in stukken breekt, maar wel hard genoeg om hem van zijn koers te doen afwijken. Het ruimtetuig heeft de grootte van een Honda Civic en moet in de zomer van 2021 gelanceerd worden. Zijn bestemming: een kleine maan van een asteroïde.

De asteroïde en haar maan worden Didymos genoemd, wat Grieks is voor ‘tweeling’. Ze draaien rond de zon in een baan tussen de aarde en de Planetoïdengordel (ruwweg tussen Mars en Jupiter). De maan is maar een 150 meter in doorsnede: heel klein in astronomische termen.

Maan

Het DART-ruimtetuig zal energie krijgen van zonnepanelen die op vleugels zullen lijken en zal meer dan een jaar onderweg zijn naar zijn bestemming. “We zullen de maan pas zien als we er nog maar een uur van verwijderd zijn”, aldus de hoofdingenieur van de missie, Elena Adams. (lees hieronder verder)

DART zal een snelheid van 24.000 kilometer per uur halen en moet in oktober 2022 de maan bereiken. Een kleine satelliet die meevliegt, moet registreren wat het effect van de inslag is.

Doel is om op termijn met dergelijke ‘duwtjes’ een asteroïde van koers te doen veranderen. Als één duw niet genoeg is, kunnen er nog meer volgen. Volgens de betrokken wetenschappers is de missie momenteel de beste strategie om de aarde te beschermen tegen een potentiële inslag. Desalniettemin hopen ze dat ze haar nooit zullen moeten gebruiken.

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06-02-2019 om 14:31 geschreven door peter  

AMATEURASTRONOOM ONTDEKT VLOOT RUIMTESCHEPEN ( VIDEO )

Vroeger waren we voornamelijk afhankelijk van NASA om ons beelden uit de ruimt te bezorgen. 

Steeds vaker echter komen amateurastronomen, in het bezit van krachtige telescopen, met verbluffende opnames, zoals een vloot ruimteschepen.

En steeds vaker komen er bijzondere ontdekkingen uit de buurt van de Orionnevel. 

De Orionnevel, ook bekend als M42, is een prachtig diep-luchtobject in het sterrenbeeld Orion. Hoewel de meeste nevels (wolken van interstellair gas en stof) moeilijk of onmogelijk te zien zijn met het blote oog, is M42 vrij eenvoudig te zien aan de nachtelijke hemel gedurende een groot deel van het jaar. Met een beetje hulp kun je de Orionnevel zien met je ogen, een verrekijker of je telescoop.

Een groot Youtubekanaal zoals dat van Secureteam heeft het voordeel dat veel abonnee's leuke dingen insturen of hen ergens op attenderen. 

En zo kwam Tyler aan beelden van een amateurastronoom die met een sterke telescoop de Orionnevel observeerde en via zijn camera iets merkwaardigs vastlegde.

Je ziet de beelden van wat in eerste instantie één langwerpig ruimteschip lijkt, maar wat volgens Tyler van Secureteam bestaat uit waarschijnlijk vier schepen die in een rechte lijn door de ruimte koersen.

In de video onderaan dit artikel zie je de bewegende beelden van deze objecten. Links zie je de Orionnevel en het is bijna onmogelijk om te schatten op wat voor afstand die schepen zich bevinden.

Alleen al het feit dat er duidelijk vanaf de aarde is te zien dat er ruimteschepen door het heelal koersen, zou reden moeten zijn voor onmiddellijke Disclosure. Planeten bewegen niet met grote snelheid noch met een kaarsrechte koers door de ruimte.

Met wat daar beweegt en hoe, is het redelijk om aan te nemen dat we hier te maken hebben met een object dat onder intelligente controle staat.

Het merkwaardige is dat er regelmatig vreemde objecten/ruimteschepen worden waargenomen in de buurt of richting van de Orionnevel.

Een voorbeeld daarvan is de volgende, eerder gemaakte opname (oktober 2017).

In de video van Secureteam zie je nog meer grote sigaarvormige schepen in de buurt van of zelfs in de Orionnevel.

Aan het einde van de video is er nog een interessant onderwerp en dat is dat er in een haven aan de Oostzee duizenden dode vissen zijn aangespoeld. Op zich niet zo bijzonder, want de laatste jaren gebeurt dit op talloze plaatsen op aarde, alleen hier is iets opvallends aan de hand.

De meeste vissen drijven in het water zonder kop. Dat niet alleen, als je goed kijkt dan zie je dat er iets is gebeurd waardoor die koppen met een soort chirurgische precisie/mechanisch zijn afgesneden.

Een beetje zoals dat regelmatig gebeurt met verminkt vee dat wordt gevonden en vaak verwondingen tonen die ook chirurgisch lijken en waar een duidelijk verband bestaat met ufo's.

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06-02-2019 om 13:56 geschreven door peter  

These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!

If only we knew what was the true mission of the “USS Enterprise” spotted above California this week. One of the most mysterious aircraft in the world, a U-2 Dragon Lady, was seen flying above California last week broadcasting the call sign NCC-1701A – the same registry as the legendary USS Enterprisefrom the Star Trek franchise. The U-2 spy plane took off from Beale Air Force Base in Northern California on January 30th then flew a trapezoidal pattern above Northern California for four hours, crossing into Nevada at one point before circling back. Beale Air Force Base is home to the USAF’s 9th Reconnaissance Wing which conducts high-altitude surveillance and intelligence missions in support of combat forces.

A U-2 Dragon Lady. Not exactly a Constitution-class starship but still very impressive.

What was the plane doing up there, and why was it broadcasting such an iconic, conspicuous call sign? In all likelihood it was merely a test flight or basic exercise and the call sign was someone’s way of making their work day slightly more interesting. However, it could very well be that the plane was conducting reconnaissance ahead of a mysterious and slightly unnerving special operations exercise which took place in California this week.

The U.S. Armed Forces are currently conducting urban operations drills in Los Angeles and Long Beach known as Emerald Warrior/Emerald Trident. The operations have seen military helicopters conducting mock raids in densely populated urban environments and all manners of spy planes circling overhead conducting electronic and visual surveillance of the ground below. Videos posted to social media show MH-6 Little Bird helicopters landing on L.A. rooftops to pick up and drop off special operators. Curiously, the public and LAPD were not notified of the operation until moments before the first helicopters started landing.

As aviation watchdog blogs have noted, those exercises have seen some of the American military’s most advanced and secretive spy planes fly curious circular routes above California. Again, it’s highly likely these are all just part of the Emerald Warrior/Emerald Trident drills, but I’m left to wonder why the military would risk conducting drills in such densely populated areas where the risk of harming civilians is so high. Is there something to these secretive operations the military isn’t telling us? Probably not, although how can we know for sure?

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06-02-2019 om 12:55 geschreven door peter  

40 years ago a very strange cylinder UFO has been photographed over Cheadle staffordshire, UK.

The photographer who has submitted the image to Mufon states:

A little late on reporting something that happened 40 years ago, but then I had no idea who you would report it to, and perhaps more so.... who would believe it anyway.

So my experience. Well as I say.... it happened some 40 years ago when I was working a night shift on security.

It was a bitter cold night with the ground covered in ice, and the sky was very clear. I was walking from one building to another as my job routine. While walking I noticed a light in the air flying very low and head towards me from a north eastern angle. My first and obvious thought was of course... helicopter!

There was something that was a little odd though. First was the fact... one single white light. Then I conceded that it was now getting very close and heading more or less straight for me.

I thought that I should be able to hear the thing by now. You could have heard a pin drop in these early hours and it was very still with zero wind. It intrigued me enough to stop me in my tracks for me to observe.

It came towards me slowly, at around maybe 10mph. By the time it got to within around 50 feet away from me, I knew I was seeing something beyond the ordinary.

It came to a complete halt right in front of me, directly hovering in total stillness over the roof of the building. 

Suddenly it shot of as fast as light. No noise no fuss. It looked for all the world like a comet. I did not like the experience one bit. 40 years ago and I still remember it as if it happened yesterday.

One fact remains.... we are being visited and that is a simple fact. I saw more than enough. For 40 years I have thought the same thing, that if I know.... I am dam sure the government and even our scientists must surely know.

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06-02-2019 om 12:33 geschreven door peter  

Ancient Fossil Was Run Over By @NASA Rover And Ignored, Feb 2019, Photos, UFO Sighting News.

Date of discovery: Feb 6, 2019

Location of discovery: Mars

Source photo: 

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I found this fossilised bone on Mars this week and it has been run over by the Mar rover. Now scientists at NASA often say how careful they are not to hurt or destroy their chances of finding life on Mars...and yet, we see the evidence of the rovers tire marks treading over this ancient fossil as if it were nothing. If a person had found this at a park or beach...it would turn into an investigation into a murder...since it looks a lot like a leg bone. But since its Mars NASA makes it into their personal road, driving over and ignoring any real evidence of life on Mars. 

 

If president Trump wants real discoveries from Mars, then Trump needs to make me head of NASA and I will expose the truth, unmask all secrets held in their vaults and use the evidence to announce that evidence of alien life on Mars is real and also expose any and all evidence they hold of any life or intelligent beings living on any planet, moon or space in our solar system. That would be real change.

Scott C. Waring

FULL RESOLUTION 

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06-02-2019 om 12:25 geschreven door peter  

Lost City Of Atlantis found in the North Sea?

Divers from oil companies in the North Sea have discovered the remains of a drowned ancient city that once stretched from Britain to Denmark.
An ancient city so massive that its population is suspected has been estimated to be in the tens of thousands.

A team of climatologists, archaeologists and geophysicists have now successfully mapped the area. This has shown how large and far-reaching this once “lost land was .” Many specialists claim that this is once the “true heartland” of Europe.

This enormous civilization is thought to have declined about 8000 years ago and that the landmass was sunk over several thousand years, an immersion that began about 20,000 years ago.

Dr. Richard Bates, from St Andrews ‘ Department of Geosciences, who organized the Drowned Landscapes exhibition and covered the finds in the UK, says the data reveals the human history behind Doggerland, a now flooded one City of the North Sea, which used to be larger many modern European countries.

Could these discoveries expose Doggerland as the truly lost city of Atlantis?

Several hypotheses have placed the sunken island of Atlantis within modern northern Europe, among which Olaus Rudbeck is best known.
Anyone who suspected that Doggerland, as well as Viking Bergen Island, which is said to have been swamped by a megatsunami after the Storegga slide in 6100, is the real setting for Atlantis, a suggestion he proposed as early as the 16th century.

Some have suggested the Celtic shelf as a possible location and there are certainly links to Ireland.
Many places have been proposed for the possible location of the sunken city over the years, but no ruins worthy of such claims have been found. Many of these areas were too small to have hosted such a huge city.

Doggerland, however, fits the law, it could not only turn out to be the largest ancient civilization on earth, but is also located in a possible place based on historical investigations, because the city of Atlantis had at some point sunk in England its History, and it reveals amazing ruins of a once great and hitherto unknown civilization.

Dr Bates, a geophysicist, said: ‘ Doggerland was the real heartland of Europe until sea levels rose to give us today’s UK coastline.

“We have speculated for years about the existence of the lost land of bones dredged up by fishermen across the North Sea, but it is only since we worked with oil companies in recent years that we have succeeded in rebuilding the lost land. Create.

‘ When the data was first processed, I thought it was unlikely it would give us useful information. However, as more area was covered, a huge and complex landscape was revealed.
“We have now been able to model its flora and fauna, build a picture of the ancient people living there and understand some of the dramatic events that have subsequently changed the country, including the rise of the sea and a devastating tsunami. ”

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06-02-2019 om 00:10 geschreven door peter  

05-02-2019 om 22:50 geschreven door peter  

THE US ARMY IS EQUIPPING SOLDIERS WITH POCKET-SIZED RECON DRONES

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05-02-2019 om 22:18 geschreven door peter  

InSight gets to work as NASA's lander lifts its seismometer onto the Martian surface in bid to solve the mystery of 'Marsquakes'

• NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped a series of photos of the InSight lander as seen from space
• This has allowed the space agency to pinpoint exactly where the lander and its parts touched down 
• Previous images show the lander's point of view, including 14-by-7-foot swath of land where it will soon dig  

By MARK PRIGG  and CHEYENNE MACDONALD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

NASA's InSight lander has deployed its first instrument onto the surface of Mars. 

New images from the lander show the seismometer on the ground, after it was lifted onto the surface by the lander's robotic arm. 

It will record the waves traveling through the interior structure of the planet, and could help explain mysterious 'marsquakes' scientists believe occur regularly.

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New images from the lander show the seismometer on the ground, after it was lifted onto the surface by the lander's robotic arm. It will record the waves traveling through the interior structure of the planet, and could help explain mysterious 'marsquakes' scientists believe occur regularly. This was the first time a science instrument had ever been placed onto the surface of another planet.

WHAT WILL THE SEISMOMETER DO? 

NASA said the lander war performing flawlessly, and was ahead of schedule.

'InSight's timetable of activities on Mars has gone better than we hoped,' said InSight Project Manager Tom Hoffman, who is based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. 

'Getting the seismometer safely on the ground is an awesome Christmas present.'

The InSight team has been working toward deploying its two dedicated science instruments onto Martian soil since landing on Mars on Nov. 26. 

To deploy the seismometer (also known as the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, or SEIS) and the heat probe (also known as the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe, or HP3), engineers first had to verify the robotic arm that picks up and places InSight's instruments onto the Martian surface was working properly.

Engineers tested the commands for the lander, making sure a model in the test bed at JPL deployed the instruments exactly as intended. 

Scientists also had to analyze images of the Martian terrain around the lander to figure out the best places to deploy the instruments.

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On Tuesday, Dec. 18, InSight engineers sent up the commands to the spacecraft. 

On Wednesday, Dec. 19, the seismometer was gently placed onto the ground directly in front of the lander, about as far away as the arm can reach — 5.367 feet, or 1.636 meters, away).

'Seismometer deployment is as important as landing InSight on Mars,' said InSight Principal Investigator Bruce Banerdt, based at JPL. 

'The seismometer is the highest-priority instrument on InSight: We need it in order to complete about three-quarters of our science objectives.'

The 'Martian rock garden' it built in a Pasadena warehouse to test its InSight rover Engineers practice deploying InSight's instruments in a lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Several of them are wearing sunglasses to block the bright yellow lights in the test space, which mimic sunlight as it appears on Mars.

The seismometer allows scientists to peer into the Martian interior by studying ground motion — also known as marsquakes.  

'Having the seismometer on the ground is like holding a phone up to your ear,' said Philippe Lognonné, principal investigator of SEIS from Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) and Paris Diderot University. 

'We're thrilled that we're now in the best position to listen to all the seismic waves from below Mars' surface and from its deep interior.'

In the coming days, the InSight team will work on leveling the seismometer, which is sitting on ground that is tilted 2 to 3 degrees. 

The first seismometer science data should begin to flow back to Earth after the seismometer is in the right position.

INSIGHT'S THREE KEY INSTRUMENTS

The lander that could reveal how Earth was formed: InSight lander set for Mars landing on november 26th

Three key instruments will allow the InSight lander to 'take the pulse' of the red planet:

Seismometer: The InSight lander carries a seismometer, SEIS, that listens to the pulse of Mars. 

The seismometer records the waves traveling through the interior structure of a planet. 

Studying seismic waves tells us what might be creating the waves. 

On Mars, scientists suspect that the culprits may be marsquakes, or meteorites striking the surface. 

Heat probe: InSight's heat flow probe, HP3, burrows deeper than any other scoops, drills or probes on Mars before it. 

It will investigate how much heat is still flowing out of Mars. 

Radio antennas: Like Earth, Mars wobbles a little as it rotates around its axis. 

To study this, two radio antennas, part of the RISE instrument, track the location of the lander very precisely. 

This helps scientists test the planet's reflexes and tells them how the deep interior structure affects the planet's motion around the Sun.

'We look forward to popping some Champagne when we start to get data from InSight's seismometer on the ground,' Banerdt added. 

'I have a bottle ready for the occasion.' 

Meanwhile, the Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment (RISE), which does not have its own separate instrument, has already begun using InSight's radio connection with Earth to collect preliminary data on the planet's core. 

Not enough time has elapsed for scientists to deduce what they want to know — scientists estimate they might have some results starting in about a year. 

This image shows some of the instruments visible in the selfie image sent back to Earth by InSight early last Tuesday morning

NASA also recently has finally pinpointed the exact landing location of its new Mars explorer, thanks to a powerful camera on its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

While the space agency knew InSight had landed within an 81-mile-long (130 km) ellipse on the red planet, there was no way to determine exactly where it touched down within this region.

Now, a series of images captured this week by MRO's HiRISE camera have confirmed that the lander, heat shield, and parachute all sit within 1,000 feet of each other on a lava plain called Elysium Planitia. 

NASA has finally pinpointed the exact landing location of its new Mars explorer, thanks to a powerful camera on its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. While the space agency knew InSight had landed within an 81-mile-long (130 km) ellipse on the red planet, there was no way to determine exactly where it touched down within this region

In the images released today by NASA, InSight and its parts appear as bright teal specks on rust-colored landscape.

But in reality, this is only a trick of the light.

'Light reflected off their surfaces causes the color to be saturated,' NASA explains.

'The ground around the lander appears dark, having been blasted by its retrorockets during descent. Look carefully for a butterfly shape, and you can make out the lander's solar panels on either side.' 

Just days ago, NASA's new InSight lander snapped its first selfie from the red planet, giving the mission team (and the rest of the world) a good look at its solar panels and deck now that it's settled in.

InSight also sent back the first complete view of the 14-by-7-foot swath of land that will soon serve as its 'workspace.' 

In the images released today by NASA, InSight and its parts appear as bright teal specks on rust-colored landscape. But in reality, this is only a trick of the light

A series of images captured this week by MRO's HiRISE camera have confirmed that the lander (red dot), heat shield, and parachute all sit within 1,000 feet of each other on a lava plain called Elysium Planitia. Previously, the space agency only knew they'd landed within an 81-mile ellipse (blue)

Each of the new images is a mosaic of several captures stitched together.

While the selfie, captured by the robotic arm, is a composite of 11 pictures, the workspace view includes 52 individual photos.

This is allowing scientists to get a good look at the area well before InSight starts putting down its instruments and digging into the ground.

'The near-absense of rocks, hills, and holes means it'll be extremely safe for our instruments,' said InSight's Principal Investigator Bruce Banerdt of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

'This might seem like a pretty plain piece of ground if it weren't on Mars, but we're glad to see that.'

NASA has confirmed the landing sites for InSight, its parachute, and other components thanks to new images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 

InSight previously sent back the first complete view of the 14-by-7-foot swath of land that will soon serve as its 'workspace,' indicated in the blue crescent. The team says it looks 'extremely safe'. Its parachute, back shell, and heat shield all landed about 1,000 feet away

Even Mars robots act like tourists every once in a while. NASA's new InSight lander has snapped its first selfie from the red planet, giving the mission team (and the rest of the world) a good look at its solar panels and deck now that it's settled in

Over the last week or so, InSight has sent back the first of its observations – including a clip of light passing over the surface, and recordings of Martian winds.

All of this comes as the lander and the team behind its operations prepare for it to begin work in the next few months.

For now, however, InSight is taking baby steps.

The lander flexed its 6-foot-long arm this week, snapping images of the terrain directly in front of it.

'By carefully swinging my arm out in front of me, I'm starting to get a better look at the ground in front of me where I'll be doing my work', the Nasa InSight account tweeted.

'Meanwhile, kind of hypnotized by the play of light and shadow on my arm'.  

'By carefully swinging my arm out in front of me, I'm starting to get a better look at the ground in front of me where I'll be doing my work', the Nasa InSight account tweeted this week. 'Meanwhile, kind of hypnotized by the play of light and shadow on my arm'. This effect can be seen in the clip above

The data collected by InSight's Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) in the months before it's moved onto the ground will eventually be used to cancel out background noises as it works to detect marsquakes

Just days prior, NASA revealed the InSight lander captured the sound of a Martian 'dust devil' during its first days on the red planet.

According to the space agency, this is the first time we've ever heard Martian winds.

The low rumble detected by InSight's sensors are estimated to be blowing between 10 to 15 mph (5 to 7 meters a second) from northwest to southeast – and, the recordings are within the range of human hearing.  

NASA says the sounds recorded on December 1 line up with dust devil streaks observed in the landing area.

The vibrations were recorded at a very low pitch, though those with sharp ears will be able to hear it as is, using headphones or subwoofers.

To make it clearer, NASA boosted the pitch by two octaves, making it audible on laptops and mobile devices.

The space agency shared a series of high-resolution photos captured this week. InSight will soon begin snapping images of the terrain directly in front of it, so the team can select the best location to drill down. The solar panel that will help power the machine is pictured

While InSight didn't set out to record Martian winds, specifically, the team says this type of data collection comes with the territory.

The lander detected wind vibrations with two of its sensors: one designed to measure air pressure, and with a seismometer on the deck.

'Capturing this audio was an unplanned treat,' says Bruce Banerdt, InSight principal investigator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.

'But one of the things our mission is dedicated to is measuring motion on Mars, and naturally that includes motion caused by sound waves.'

According to the InSight team, the two different instruments recorded the noise in different ways.

While the Auxiliary Payload Sensor Subsystem's air pressure sensor recorded the vibrations directly, the seismometer picked up vibrations caused by the wind passing over the lander's solar panels.

The data collected by InSight's Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) in the months before it's moved onto the ground will eventually be used to cancel out background noises as it works to detect marsquakes.

Its short period (SP) silicon sensors can detect vibrations with frequencies of up to 50 hertz, which sits at the lower range of human hearing, NASA says.

'The InSight lander acts like a giant ear,' said Tom Pike, InSight science team member and sensor designed at Imperial College London.

'The solar panels on the lander's sides respond to pressure fluctuations of the wind.

'It's like InSight is cupping its ears and hearing the Mars wind beating on it. When we looked at the direction of the lander vibrations coming from the solar panels, it matches the expected wind direction at our landing site.'

InSight touched down in a region known as Elysium Planitia. Its location can be seen in the map above, not far from the landing site of the 2012 Curiosity mission, the last NASA probe to land on Mars

NASA's InSight lander has finally removed the lens cover from its cameras, allowing the robotic explorer to take its clearest pictures yet of its new home

The team has released both a raw, unaltered audio sample of the seismometer recording and a second version that's been raised two octaves to make it easier to hear.

For the latter, the APSS sample was sped up by a factor of 100.

According to the experts, the source of the sound is pretty straightforward; vibrations detected by the instruments are much like the air pressure changes you hear when a flag whips around in the wind.

'That's literally what sound is — changes in air pressure,' said Don Banfield InSight's science lead for APSS from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

'You hear that whenever you speak to someone across the room.'

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05-02-2019 om 22:08 geschreven door peter  

When Worlds Collide: Scientists Spot Hint of a Giant Crash in Alien Solar System

05-02-2019 om 21:39 geschreven door peter