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Old 12-12-2007, 10:51 AM
 
Location: Southern Arizona
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I thought that you folks in Alaska might find this interesting.

SAN FRANCISCO - Scientists think they have discovered the energy source of the spectacular color displays seen in the northern lights. Mod Cut

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Old 12-12-2007, 02:15 PM
 
Location: Juneau, AK
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Well, that's nothing new! We've known that the northern lights was caused by the solar wind and geomagnetic disturbances for... like, ever, right?
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Old 12-12-2007, 02:57 PM
 
Location: Palmer
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Well, that's what I learned quite a while ago. Perhaps that was theory and this is fact??

I don't know but I have been teaching my kids that ionized particles from the sun interact with the magnetic fieild around the poles to create the light...I guess this is just more detail.

They say that the twisted bundles of magnetic fields are actually connected from the earths upper atmosphere to the sun. Let's send some power lines up there and connect...true solar power.
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Old 12-12-2007, 03:08 PM
 
Location: Juneau, AK
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Well, that's what I learned quite a while ago. Perhaps that was theory and this is fact??

I don't know but I have been teaching my kids that ionized particles from the sun interact with the magnetic fieild around the poles to create the light...I guess this is just more detail.

They say that the twisted bundles of magnetic fields are actually connected from the earths upper atmosphere to the sun. Let's send some power lines up there and connect...true solar power.
Well, there have been ideas along those lines. The idea of a magnetic sail as a means of propulsion for spacecraft has been around for a while, but, like solar sails, it's just too expensive to justify building at this point in time. My guess is that as our supply of fossil fuels begins to dwindle and we are forced to seek other means, then ideas like this one will begin to be further developed.
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Old 12-12-2007, 03:09 PM
 
Location: Bethel, Alaska
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I thought they were spirits all this time.
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Old 07-28-2008, 03:31 AM
 
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I thought they were spirits all this time.

Yeah, me too. I'm disappointed as hell!
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Old 07-28-2008, 04:38 AM
 
Location: NC, USA
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I thought they were spirits all this time.
Warpt, they really are spirits, but,...you know how science is, they can not take "spirits" for an answer so they give a descriptive of what the spirits actually do and do not give credit where credit is due.
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Old 07-28-2008, 04:48 AM
 
Location: Cosmic Consciousness
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Okay kids, let's just settle this once and for all --
The sky is a huge dome of hard material arched over the flat earth. On the outside there is light. In the dome there are a large number of small holes, and when it's dark through these holes you can see the light from the outside. And through these holes the spirits of the dead can pass into the heavenly regions. The way to heaven leads over a narrow bridge which spans an enormous abyss. The spirits that were already in heaven light torches to guide the feet of the new arrivals. These torches are called the "northern lights". -- Inuit legend.
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Old 07-28-2008, 07:34 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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I thought they were Christmas lights from San Francisco...
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