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Lightning strikes claim 14 lives in a day across Madhya Pradesh, India

Amarjeet Singh
The Times of India
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 08:10 UTC
LIGHTNING
Wreaking havoc in the state lightning claimed 14 lives on Wednesday across several districts of the state. Of these five people have died in each of Dindori and Tikamgarh districts, 2 people were killed in Katni and one each were killed in Seoni and Satna districts.

In the first incident five including three class 8 students were killed after lighting hit them in Dindori district. The incident took place at Bhartoli village under Shahpura police station of the district.

Police said that Maheshwari Paraste, 26, her daughter Sharda Paraste, 11, another girls, Poonam Barmaiya, 13, Sushma Uladi, 13 and Nanki Marko, 14, were struck by lightning while they were returning after taking bath from nearby Sakul river in the morning.

All the five died on the spot a case has been registered on the information of the local village panchayat secretary, added police. Apart from Dindori district, five people were killed in two separate incidents in Tikamgarh district.

Of the five, three were killed in Midaoli village of the district. Police said that the incident took place when the villagers had gathered to participate in a 'kanya bhoj' organised at the village.
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Red sprites captured over English Channel


NASA
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:03 UTC
red sprites over English Channel
© Stephane Vetter (Nuits sacrees, TWAN)
Mysterious and incredibly brief, red sprites are seen to occur high above large thunderstorms on planet Earth. While they have been recorded from low Earth orbit or high flying airplanes, these dancing, lightning-like events were captured in video frames from a mountain top perch in northern France.

Taken during the night of May 28, the remarkably clear, unobstructed view looks toward a multicell storm system raging over the English Channel about 600 kilometers away.

Lasting only a few milliseconds, the red sprite association with thunderstorms is known. Still, much remains a mystery about the fleeting apparitions including the nature of their relation to other upper atmospheric lightning phenomena such as blue jets or satellite detected terrestrial gamma flashes.

Red Sprites over The Channel from Stephane Vetter on Vimeo.


Comment: Some other transient luminous events (TLEs) so far this year include:

June 2017: Red jellyfish sprites with halo of light captured over Austria

April 2017: Rare ELVE and red sprites captured in Czech Republic and 6 'gigantic jets' (ionospheric lightning) were photographed in Western Australia.

March 2017: A huge blue jet was observed over Brazil.

See also: Electric universe: Lightning strength and frequency increasing

The Electric Universe model is clearly explained, with a lot more relevant information, in the book Earth Changes and the Human Cosmic Connection by Pierre Lescaudron and Laura Knight-Jadczyk.

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USGS: Strong and shallow M6.0 earthquake hits off Raoul Island, New Zealand


USGS
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:34 UTC
Raoul Island earthquake
© USGS


Magnitude 6.0 mww

Depth 10.0 km

Time 2017-06-28 18:20:53.900 (UTC)
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Large sinkhole opens at Wickiup Reservoir in Oregon


The Bulletin
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 23:54 UTC
Wickiup sinkhole
© KRAL
Officials warn that the ground is 'highly unstable'

A sinkhole opened up on the edge of Wickiup Reservoir over the weekend — possibly due to a collapsed lava tube — but officials say water levels at the reservoir just west of La Pine are expected to remain stable.

Photos shared by the Deschutes National Forest earlier in the week showed water draining into the sinkhole. During a visit to the area on Tuesday, the hole was just above the water line. Crews with the North Unit Irrigation District, which operates the Wickiup Dam, placed sandbags to keep water from spilling in to the hole on Tuesday.

Dave Walsh, spokesman with the Bureau of Reclamation, said the hole is roughly 10 to 12 feet across and about 4 feet deep. He said a geologist who examined it on behalf of the bureau on Monday estimated water was flowing down the hole to parts unknown at around 900 gallons a minute.
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Brilliant display of light pillars surprises trekking Malaysian photographers

Yi Shu Ng
Yahoo! News
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 20:15 UTC
Light pillars in Malaysia
© Andrew JK Tan
This brilliant display of lights looks like it came from the North Pole, but it was actually shot in Malaysia.

Last Thursday, a group of photographers were out on a trek to capture shots of the Milky Way, when they were surprised by these light pillars.

The multicoloured light pillars are a natural phenomenon that occurs when light reflects off the mirror-like surfaces of ice crystals. They are usually found in the polar regions, but have appeared at lower latitudes before.

Photographer Andrew Tan, was with a group of 11 at the northernmost tip of Sabah, Borneo. He told Mashable he only realised the light pillars were in the picture when he checked his camera later.

He used a 30-second long exposure to capture the phenomenon, and it picked up the colours of the light pillars. "It was magnificent," Tan told Malaysian paper The Star. "It is definitely a moment to treasure in our lives."
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Bizarro Earth

Crews fight lightning-caused wildfires across Southern Idaho

Keith Ridler
US News & World Report
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 20:15 UTC
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© Bureau of Land ManagementA helicopter drops water via a bucket system on lightning-caused fire burning near Malad.
Fire officials say quick responses by ranchers and others in Idaho to more than 20 wildfires sparked by lightning have kept the small fires from becoming major blazes like those that scorched the region in recent decades. About 10 wildfires remained active Wednesday in grass and brush in southern Idaho, with one of the largest just north of the Utah border.

The 6-square-mile (16-sq. kilometer) blaze temporarily closed Interstate 84 on Tuesday but traffic resumed a few hours later. "The fire jumped into the median," Idaho State Police spokesman Tim Marsano said. The fire was burning about 11 miles (18 kilometers) from Grandview and was expected to be controlled later Wednesday.
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Snowflake Cold

Record cold in USA during Summer in Dakotas and Great Lakes, media ignores

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 18:33 UTC
snow map
Record Cold USA During Summer in Dakotas & Great Lakes with dozens of cold records set and temperatures at least 10-15F below normal temperatures and the media remains silent. Last week all you heard was so hot the ariplanes cant take off, but now with record cold during summer and 1/4 of the northern and N.E USA below normal , not a peep. Also global temperatures arent rising as expected this summer, which is another indication of the intensifying mini ice age. Snows in Russia the days earlier, meters of snow in South America and atmospheric compression events at dozens of locations planet wide, the changes are indeed beginning to themselves. We are entering a mini ice age.


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Comment: The U.S. has had more record lows since 1937 than record highs

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Summer snowfall in two regions of Russia

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 18:27 UTC
snow russia
Two inches of snow fell in Tatarstan and an inch fell in Murmansk Russia during the first week of summer. I love how the US media focuses on heat in Arizona during the summer, but never spoke about summer snow in Russia, far south near Central Asia. This is definitely a sign of the intensifying Mini Ice Age.


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Bizarro Earth

There have been four earthquakes in Maine so far this week


Bangor Daily News
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 18:18 UTC
earthquakes Bangor ME
Geologists say there have been four earthquakes recorded in Maine so far this week, according to Portland ABC television affiliate WMTW. That brings this month's total to five, more than double the monthly average for Maine over the past year. All four this week have been very minor quakes, with three of the four — two at a 1.4 on the moment magnitude scale and one 1.7-magnitude near Lincoln — taking place Sunday, WMTW reported.

The fourth, at a magnitude of 1.3, was recorded near Livermore around 1 a.m. Wednesday, according to the station. According to Michigan Technological University, earthquakes under 2.5 in magnitude are "usually not felt, but can be recorded by a seismograph," and about 900,000 such quakes are estimated to take place around the world every year.

Earlier this month, residents of Monroe took to social media to report feeling the ground shake in what was recorded as a 2.1-magnitude earthquake there.
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Mysterious boom rattles St. Helens, Oregon

Cody Mann
The Chronicle
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:00 UTC
boom
A sound resembling a thunderous explosion was heard around 8 p.m. on June 25 in the St. Helens area. Curious citizens flooded social media with questions about the origin of the boom that some said shook homes and rattled windows.

According to St. Helens Police Chief Terry Moss, the first reports of the sound came in at 8:22 p.m. Moss said his department fielded 11 calls regarding the boom, mainly from residents on the west side of town.

The cause of the sound has not been determined. Moss said this time of year is marked by frequent firework and "loud boom" reports. Without more definitive information, Moss said the matter would be considered closed.
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