Earth & Space

Today, things have changed, to an extent. We still have information that is heavily controlled by the global elite. This small group of people and the corporations they run practically control all aspects of our lives, from media and finance to healthcare, education, and more. Most importantly, they control all of the information we see and read, whilst labelling everything else as ‘fake news.’ It’s a good thing this isn’t considered a conspiracy theory anymore, because if it were, we’d be in big trouble. Eisenhower warned us about the potential of “misplaced” power that would severely undermine American democracy.

The scientists concluded that human impact has now grown to the point that it has changed the course of Earth history by at least many millennia, in terms of the anticipated long-term climate effects (e.g. postponement of the next glacial maximum: see Ganopolski et al., 2016; Clark et al., 2016), and in terms of the extensive and ongoing transformation of the biota, including a geologically unprecedented phase of human-mediated species invasions, and by species extinctions which are accelerating.

Yesterday the sun released TWO X-class solar flares. The first flare was an X2.2, while the second was much more intense and rates as an X9.3. Higher numbers correspond to stronger flares. The X9.3 is the largest flare recorded in our current solar cycle, which began in late 2008, and will likely overpower the earlier one on its way to Earth. The forecast is for impact tomorrow (Thursday).

Everyone in the continental United States — as well as Canada and Mexico — will get to enjoy seeing a bite taken out of the sun on the afternoon of August 21. No matter where you are, the entire eclipse event will last about three hours, from the moment the moon first touches the disk of the sun, to its maximum extent an hour and a half in, to the point where the sun and moon separate and continue on their solitary journeys.

Solar eclipse skywatchers outside the path of totality will still be able to see a partial solar eclipse. Solar viewing glasses (NOT regular sunglasses) allow skywatchers to look directly at the moon’s progress across the face of the sun. You can also view the progress of a partial solar eclipse using a pinhole camera.