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A rare annular eclipse, where a ‘ring of fire’ outlines the moon as it crosses the sun, will greet US viewers Sunday evening. Residents of the US West will have a good shot at seeing the full fire ring.
If Your Are Viewing, Sheild Your Eyes! - Solar eclipses have long been thought to be omens for natural disasters or even the end of the world.
However, the worst actual damage from an eclipse might be to your eyesight if you don’t take proper precautions for viewing the celestial phenomenon, such as the partial eclipse that will be visible in Bozeman on Sunday evening.Shelter-in-Place?
Current activity at Mexico’s Popocatépetl Volcano - CENAPRED reported over 12 explosions in two hours starting at ~5 AM on Friday (April 20).
The steam-and-ash plume from Popocatépetl topped out at ~3 km / 10,000 feet while seismicity remains at elevated levels. CENAPRED currently has the warning level at Yellow Level II with a 12-km exclusion zone around the volcano – in that same report, CENAPRED geologist Roberto Quaas suggests that they are concerned about a potential cycle of dome growth and collapse at Popo, heightening the threat of pyroclastic flows.
Go here to see actual video of the eruption.
Nor'easter - A powerful spring storm dumped snow across parts of the Northeast overnight -- including around a foot in at least three places -- and cut power to more than 75,000 customers in Pennsylvania and upstate New York, with more snow expected overnight.
X-Class Solar Flare Articles of Interest
Major X 5.4 Solar Flare !! - The second strongest solar flare of Solar Cycle 24 and the Second X-Flare from Active Region 11429. This major event measured X 5.4 at 00:24 UTC and triggered a strong R3 Level Radio Blackout. A coronal mass ejection was captured shortly after and is likely to be headed earths way. more information shortly. Updated 3/7/2012 - See video below.
Solar activity is now high. Big Active Region 11429, which emerged on March 2nd,
is crackling with strong flares. The strongest so far, an X1-class eruption, occurred
just this morning, March 5th at 0413 UT. The explosion also hurled a bright coronal
mass ejection (CME) into space. The expanding cloud will probably deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on March 7th. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras in the nights ahead.
2012 Planetary Alignment Articles of Interest
Four strong alignments on this day (Earth-Venus-Saturn), (Venus-Mercury-Sun), (Mars-Earth-Sun), (Earth-Mercury-Uranus) as well as other significant astrological aspects involving the Moon which may represent a possible 7.0 Magnitude earthquake on this day.
Two strong alignments involving (Sun-Earth-Mars) and (Venus-Mercury-Sun) as well as
significant astrological aspects involving the moon which may represent a
possible 6.8 Magnitude earthquake on one of these days. Lunar modulation indicates the Indian Plate could be the area that receives this event. Best mapped location: Gujarat, India or Pakistan.
ECRI Reaffirms Recession Call: Data Has Gotten “Worse, Not Better”.
Click here to listen to the most anticipated interview of the past three years, Lakshman spoke with Tom Keene of Bloomberg saying that the well-guarded and highly accurate data they use in forecasting has “gotten worse, not better, despite the consensus view that things have been improving.”
New Madrid Earthquake?
The quake, measuring 4.0, struck at 3:58 a.m. CST near East Prairie, Mo., a rural town of some 3,200 people off of Interstate 55, which connects St. Louis with Memphis, Tenn., according to the U.S. Geological Survey web site.
The quake was felt in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee and there were scattered reports from four other states including as far away as Georgia.
Click here to read more about the New Madrid Fault line.
Solar Flare Alert
Jan 22, 2012 - Space weather officials say the strongest solar storm in more than six years is already bombarding Earth with radiation with more to come. The Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado o