No the end of the world is not coming but yes there is certainly quite a solar storm heading our way on Earth. The largest solar flare in 5 years to directly hit the Earth is gracing our skies starting yesterday and will be back tonight. This Thursday March 8th, 2012 the solar flare 2012 will be visible in parts of the US.
The most visible place is always Alaska for US territory and there will be no exception tonight. The Anchorage Daily News released information that “The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is forecasting extreme Northern Lights activity because of two exceptionally large solar flares that occurred Tuesday.”
Don’t worry though, if you’re in other parts of the United States in the Northern states you’ll have a good chance of seeing the Aurora Borealis, which is the scientific name. Many people call the Aurora the Northern Lights. Northern news stations have mentioned in Philadelphia, New York, Michigan and more. It’s actually pretty rare for people even in mid-Michigan to see the Aurora Borealis but it’s expected to extend into the Great Lakes region and further south.
There weren’t solar flares today that were directed at Earth but on Tuesday there were two major solar flares (X-class flares) that erupted towards Earth and started making their way to a atmosphere. The light show of Northern Lights is caused when the particles from the sun slam into Earth’s magnetic field and light up and a charge of energy.
So how do you know where you can see the Northern Lights? You can actually pinpoint your geomagnetic latitude location using NOAA’s SWPC map that will show you whether you’re in the sweet spot which is as far south as 56.3 degrees. There are numerous Aurora forecasting tools and a few searches should help you to pinpoint other locations.
One guaranteed spot you can see the 2012 solar flares hitting Earth’s atmosphere is in the videos below that we’re providing. Full footage of the Aurora Borealis is below from different locations in the world from the massive solar flares we’re getting due to the approach of the Solar Maximum.
One of the other videos we are providing is provided by NASA so that you can see the sun actually producing the 2012 solar storm heading towards our Earth. NASA describes the video as, “This movie of the March 6, 2012 X5.4 flare was captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in the 171 Angstrom wavelength. One of the most dramatic features is the way the entire surface of the sun seems to ripple with the force of the eruption. This movement comes from something called EIT waves – because they were first discovered with the Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) on the Solar Heliospheric Observatory. Since SDO captures images every 12 seconds, it has been able to map the full evolution of these waves and confirm that they can travel across the full breadth of the sun. The waves move at over a million miles per hour, zipping from one side of the sun to the other in about an hour. The movie shows two distinct waves. The first seems to spread in all directions; the second is narrower, moving toward the southeast. Such waves are associated with, and perhaps trigger, fast coronal mass ejections, so it is likely that each one is connected to one of the two CMEs that erupted on March 6. Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA”
Other articles on Z6Mag.com:
Solar Storm in March 2012 is continuing, Sunday to produce next Aurora Borealis
March 6th, 2012 X5.4 Solar Flares
This next video is titled: NASA | The Truth about 2012 – Solar Storms
March 7th, 2012 Aurora Borealis in Alaska
The following video is a full high definition video of Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October,2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km. All credit goes to them.
Solar Flare 2012 Will Produce Northern Lights in US,
To the bashing religion comments/Michelle: You know I am so glad we finally found the smartest person in the world. Tell us what is the future? Are you immortal as well???? OMG. Maybe I should bow down to your intelligence, but would be impossible because you sit on a throne so high.
Seriously??? Like you know any more than we do. But let me tell you, more has happened to people who pray. No matter what religion it is. So if it works for us and not for you don’t get do mad and start creating this defense mechanism by bashing other people because of your bipolar insecurity and egotistic mind. There is so much information out there you have no clue about. It would take you a lifetime to learn even part of it. And yes that’s in religion. Example: The Torah. And isn’t it amazing if you took one look at it you wouldn’t even be able to interpret what it is saying.
Thanks for your input. Maybe you should go public and raise 100 of millions of dollars to warn everyone the world is gonna end like this other guy did. Oh and wait… wasn’t he wrong like three times already???
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Hi, seeing the Northern lights in person is something that I have been wanting to do my entire life. I am trying to plan a trip to see them this year. I was wondering if anyone knows the best dates to see them and where, as in city, state, or maybe even state parks?Any and all info will be greatly appreciated! thank you so much!
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The world will not be gone. It is like it is gonna clean up it up it self. So dont worry folks. Enjoy every moment you live
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VIDEOS ARE GREAT. THANKS FOR THE VIEWS…ENLIGHTENING
MY GRANDKIDS WILL ENJOY THANKS NASA
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iss what dose that stand for? And never heard of iss ever. Its always been nasa for everthing. Cool vids.
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International Space Station
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I think it stands for “international space station”
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Wow, these videos are fantastic. My son was reading about the Earth’s poles this week. What great videos to help him with his studies. Thank you for sharing.
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Michelle,
You are one ignorant person. For you to preach to us about our “insanity” because we choose to have faith in something, is just sad on your part. If you choose not to believe then so be it no one is here to judge that. It is not your place to be judging and calling us offensive names or mocking our beliefs. so God be with you or not. Please do us all a favor and learn to be more appropriate and excepting of the diversity in this world, because you are not the only one who lives here.
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Bravo, well said
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i woke last night to a solar flare in the sky overhead outside my bedroom window at 12:30pm in vonore, tennessee. it looked like a flame burst that had hit a glass barrier. it appeared as like a red, orange and yellow cloud that appeared with sparks igniting inside it for a short time and then disappeared. then all electrical systems in the house went crazy, flickering. power was lost. the power company kept trying to restore power (several times power came on and shut back off about every hour or so), and it was finally restored 4.5 hrs later. after 5:00 am eastern standard time, i had to call and report phone line troubles also, since there was a terribly loud hum on the phone line and internet service was down.
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Simply …Thank you!
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listen michelle someday the earth will be gone and hopefully u learn to appreciate gods laws. granted the earth wont go with a solar flare but honestly woman learn the bible
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learn and accept reality my friend by that i mean accept that you can’t possibly know or understand what it is at this point in human evolution, maybe someday but right now it’s best to assume we really don’t know much rather than assume your bible is a tell all, especially when it was written by man, that should be a dead giveaway.
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Get a Bunker ? that’s a joke, if its time for our race to leave then let it be. Don’t try to stop what naturally happens man.
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You know some people are NOT right in there freakin noodle! End of earth really people ……God this and that ……really??? Go hug your bible some more because this place we call earth is still here! If I were you I would question my sanity and seek medical help
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Go get some common sense please and you’ll be doing the world a great favor. It is people like you I genuinely feel sorry for because when the end does come you will be one of the many people who will suffer forever due to your ignorance. May God have mercy on your soul for blaspheming the holy spirit.
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Michelle-
We are all entitled to our own beliefs and our own sense of morals to live our lives by. As an educated, professional male I find it hard to believe that non-believers such as yourself have to take it to the religious bashing and trying to tarnish what we believe. Please allow those of us who have it right to express our views without attack, such as your have done with your point of views.
The Bible that I read and believe in states that there will come a time when the Earth is no more and we do not know the time nor date when this will happen. Sure there are those out there whom have tried to predict and have failed in the public eye; but, I encourage you to realize we do not all believe those whom try to play God and make such predictions.
It’s ok to disagree with our beliefs we’ve had people arguing with us for thousands of years so you’re no trying anything new.
if you would like to rethink your statements and come off as intelligent and professional as opposed to uninformed and unintelligent I encourage you to do so.
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michelle,
Your an idiot….I’m a non-believer myself but I’m not ignorant enough to go and publicly bash someone else’s religion, million’s of people believe in what you are openly criticizing, and not only are you openly criticizing there belief system but you are also openly criticizing them. Last time I checked one of the key points in not believing in anything religion wise was so you don’t have religion shoved down your throat on a daily basis, but what your doing here is even worse then the worst “bible thumper” I’ve ever met your taking something that gives someones life a purpose and direction and your trying to turn it into public humiliation. With just one post you were able to give non-believers everywhere a bad name and prove that you are indeed as stupid as everyone thinks you are. My advice to you is that you not go on a PUBLIC FORUM and bash the religion of millions of people around the world just because your to cynical to have your own belief…..
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It is pretty Ironic to see all the replies to Michelle, and how they position themselves, When I read the whole string it really just looked like a bunch of people bashing each other. For those of the religious point of view, don’t you think it would be more productive to not Judge considering your religion dictates as much? You have to see it from all sides, and I would take it that Michelle has probably been bashed all her life by the religious right and voices it in blog form more than she does in her real life. All of you make for a really silly read but unfortunately it does carry over to the real world.
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J…..actually, it is refreshing to see religious people not being bashed for the first time. I was beginning to doubt that there were any religious people ready to talk in a forum for fear of being bashed. While one turn does not deserve another, I still must say that as a human, it is refreshing to see the tables turned for once. I am sick of people bashing religious believers.
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Yo i just saw that s*** dawg! i stay in alaska, and that s*** is F*ckin Tight!!
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did it hit yet
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Don’t be fooled by the last video, it’s obviously sped up. We don’t have kind of ship or device that can travel that fast while capturing such high quality video. Regardless of the last fact this is amazing. If this “peak” is enormous I hope i can see the northern lights here in Colorado.
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dude, didnt you read the paragraph before the last video. it says that the last video is a time lapse video. Time-lapse photography is a cinematography technique whereby each film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will be played.
so its still very real and still very HD!
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We have to wait on 14 Febuary 2013 for next solar storm.
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Absolutely stunning. My sister called earlier and said; “My broom stands up by itself perhaps it’s got something to do with the Solar Flares, or northern lights?” She went on to say her broom was an angle broom. Go figure.
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that is sooooooo wierd
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A sky with its own message, slow, cryptic and rhythmic. There is a pulse to the Universe, enjoy it.
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This seems like it is going to be a big deal… Do you think it may be the end to our lives? What do you predict is going to happen to everyone and everything on earth? It actually kind of scares me…
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nothing bad is going to happen. just sit back and enjoy your life!
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Excellent videos, I’m so happy to know that cooperation is occurring! I didn’t know about this before. Thanks Allan for explaining. I’m happier about my US tax dollars at work!
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America removed GOD from it’s airforce. GOD removes it’s power source.
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God doesnt exist!
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Space didn’t exist prior to the Big Bang,time and space had a finite beginning that corresponded to the origin of matter and energy.The singularity didn’t appear in space; rather, space began inside of the singularity. Prior to the singularity, nothing existed, not space, time, matter, or energy – nothing. Not even GOD!!!!I hate to be the one to break it to you…..
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Here’s a hope that we dont have an ’89 Quebec like event near nuclear power plants. Natural News. Fukushima like problems in the heartland or coastal states.
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These videos were amazing. To see the ripple effect of the CME on the sun’s surface was pretty incredible. The northern lights from space was really great to see. We have seen the northern lights in the UP of Michigan and as far south as the Ann Arbor, MI area. So beautiful, and now thanks to technology, we know when and where to look for them.
Thanks for sharing these for all of us.
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You’re welcome Chris, really glad you enjoyed the videos.
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Badass.! Loved it…
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WOW! WOW! WOW! Just Beautiful, The world looks so small when you are cruzing so fast. This is COOL!!!
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Oh my gosh this is it. The solar flares are going to cook us to a full roast. We’re dead. Get a bunker. Run for the hills. HELP! What to do. WHAT TO DO!>!?
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Get out them old vinyl LPs and some special herbs. And trip out dewd. Ga ROOV ayyyyyyy!!!
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Please tell me that was sarcasm…..
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Beautiful,Amazing,and Wow!How did u get the video?
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Hi which video are you referring to? We have four of them above. Two are from NASA, the other is from a person that caught the Aurora in Alaska and the other is from the ISS above earth funded by NASA and an international partnership of space agencies which provides and operates the elements of the ISS. The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.
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