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Magnet

Electric Universe: Spectacular 'Northern lights' show captured by International Space Station

Northern lights from ISS
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Where would be the best place to observe the northern lights if not from the International Space Station? Watch the ethereal display of colored lights shimmering across the Earth's night skies, captured from the Cupola observatory module.

The stunning time-lapse footage of the aurora lights is the product of the Cupola - an observatory module with seven illuminators that open up a 360-degree view - which has allowed for the recording of incredible footage from between September 7 and 12.


Comment: Aurorae occur when charged solar particles reach local magnetic field lines, where they enter the planetary atmosphere and excite its atoms and molecules. As they deactivate, the particles produce light emission.

The Aurora Borealis, the so called 'Northern lights' have been observed recently heading 'south', providing a spectacle even in parts of England. While the Aurora Australis, or the 'Southern lights' have been seen further north in New Zealand than usual. Researchers have also recently identified increased electrical activity moving towards equatorial regions.

With the increasing comet/volcanic dust loading of the atmosphere (an indicator of this dust loading is the intensification of noctilucent clouds we are witnessing) which is accentuating electric charge build-up, we can expect to observe more awesome light shows and other phenomena.

The winning Electric Universe model, and much more related information, are explained in the book Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.


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Intense tornado wreaks havoc across Charente-Maritime, France

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© Axel GuibourgTornado in the Charente-Maritime region, France, September 16, 2015.
An intense tornado formed in the south of Charente-Maritime in Poitou-Charentes region, France in the afternoon hours on September 16, 2015, causing extensive damage across the affected areas.

The remnants of the former Tropical Storm "Henri" have been passing across France on September 16, bringing strong rainfall, winds and thunderstorm on its way.โ€‹
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© Dragon 17 via SouthwestOne of the first pictures of tornado damage in the Sonnac town, France, September 16, 2015.
The tornado has swept several localities between Chaniers and Sonnac, in central-east and northeastern department of Charente-Maritime, while strong winds battered the region of Burgundy, as well. The strongest damage so far was reported in the town Sonnac where complete roofs were torn off houses.

Severe weather event uprooted trees and severely devastated homes across the area, French Observatory of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms reported. No causalities have been reported so far.


Radar

Mystery 'boom' reported in Oliver, British Columbia

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© Oliver ChroniclePolice received four complaints about the mysterious loud noise in Oliver this morning.
A loud noise that some residents heard in Oliver early this morning still remains a mystery.

One resident who called the Chronicle said he heard a loud "boom" sound at around 3 am. "It sounded like something blowing up," he said. "It set off a car alarm," he added. But it didn't feel or sound like an earthquake, he said.

Oliver RCMP Sgt. Blaine Gervais said police received four complaints about the noise. One complainant said the "house shook."

Gervais said there was no sighting of anything indicating a possible source. A patrol was made but the origin was not located.

"I am pleased you are calling it a big boom and not an explosion like other media is suggesting. I have to tell them an explosion would suggest there is evidence something exploded which we do not have."

Comment: Here's a possibility of what it was.


Attention

Mexico towns blanketed with ash Colima volcano erupts

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Mexico's Colima volcano has spewed ash and smoke over nearby towns, after erupting again at dawn yesterday.

Video from the scene showed thick plumes of black smoke billowing from the mountain.

"The ashes and smoke have reached two kilometres into the air... it has been showing renewed activity over the past two months, blanketing nearby villages with ash," teleSUR English reports.

Colima, also known as Fire Volcano, is located in the country's west, about 125km from Guadalajara in Jalisco.

It is the country's most active volcano and has erupted more frequently since 1994, according to Volcano Discovery.

Hundreds of people were evacuated from nearby towns in July amid fears of a major eruption.

Airline Aeromexico has not advised of any delays.


Question

25 dead walrus found on Alaska beach

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© Joel Garlich-Miller/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/APThis April 13, 2004 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a large Pacific bull walrus on ice in the Bering Sea off the west coast of Alaska. On Friday the agency said it's investigating the deaths of 25 Pacific walrus found on an isolated northwest Alaska beach.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday it is investigating the deaths of 25 Pacific walrus found on an isolated northwest Alaska beach.

A person connected to an Air Force radar station in the remote area spotted the animals and notified the agency this week. The walrus included 12 pups, and some were missing their heads and tusks.

The cause of death has not been determined, said Fish and Wildlife Service spokeswoman Andrea Medeiros, and investigators do not want to speculate.

"We can't come to any conclusions based on a report," she said Friday. "You have to go out and investigate."

Only Alaska Natives who live in the state may hunt walrus for subsistence or for the creation of handicrafts or clothing.

Attention

Dead humpback whale washes ashore near Cannery Row, California

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Biologists arrived at San Carlos Beach near Cannery Row early on Friday morning to examine the carcass of a 20-foot humpback whale that washed ashore the night before.

Although the whale's corpse was no longer resting on the shore Friday morning, it was still floating near the beach, says Justin Viezbicke, the stranding coordinator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

NOAA biologists have taken small skin samples of the dead whale and hope to conduct a necropsy, but so far, it has proven to be a challenge to find a place to conduct the procedure.

"We don't know what happened. It came up last night and we are now trying to figure out why it died," Viezbicke says. The whale's carcass was reported about 9pm on Thursday.

Cloud Precipitation

5 children drown and 1 missing in flash floods in northern Vietnam

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© VnExpress.Rescuers search for a schoolboy in Nghe An Province on Friday.
Rescue workers in Nghe An Province are searching for a teenager who was swept away by flash floods on his way home from school on Friday.

Nguyen Van Hoa, chief police of Yen Thanh District, said the high school student was reportedly sitting on a rubber tire with two of his friends, trying to row it along a flooded road.

The water was one meter deep and they were swept away by the strong flows, he said.

Cloud Precipitation

Flash floods kill 11 in Iran

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At least eleven people have lost their lives in flash flooding across Iran including the capital Tehran.

Head of Relief and Rescue Organization of Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Naser Charkhsaz, said on Saturday the fatalities have occurred during the past 48 hours in the provinces of Tehran, Hormozgan in southern Iran, North Khorasan and East Azarbaijan in the country's north, IRIB reported.

Meanwhile, floods triggered by torrential rain killed five people in Pakdasht town in southeast Tehran on Friday, said Hadi Rahmati, the director general of crisis management for Tehran Province.

Wolf

Wolves kill large guard dogs in Butternut, Wisconsin

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Spanish Mastiffs
For the past eight years, farmer Paul Canik has been protecting his exotic sheep worth thousands of dollars from wolves with a special breed of guard dog called a Spanish Mastiff.

After eight years, the wolves have killed two of Canik's dogs. The first one was over Mother's Day weekend, and a week ago, the second dog has been killed.

"Those dogs meant the world to us," said Canik.

The dogs were like family to him, and now, Canik has only four dogs left, three of which are puppies that he fears for.

"We had to tie our other three guard dogs up now every night," said Canik. "We tied them up so we don't lose them."

With his guard dogs tied up, the sheep are being left unprotected while Canik searches for anywhere to purchase more Spanish Mastiff dogs.

Umbrella

Storm brings record rainfall to Southern California

record rainfall in SoCal
© Inland NewsRecord rain totals fell Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 after moisture from former Hurricane Linda brought a storm to SoCal.
After Tuesday's SoCal storm that brought heavy downpour, officials said it was the wettest day of the year.

"That was more rain than was received in nearly the previous seven months," according to a statement by the National Weather Service.

The storm was kicked off by moisture from former Hurricane Linda.

Record rainfall totals hit SoCal including 2.39 inches in downtown LA which shattered the 1968 record, according to the National Weather Service.


Comment: Record rainfall, but still California, a vitally important food producing region, is still experiencing it's worst drought in 500 years. In the event of economic or environmental catastrophe, perhaps we will see 'floods' of desperate migrants there in the near future?