find ourselves a new place to haunt.

so three planets were recently visible in the dawn sky. jupiter, mercury and mars. i found that out by stumbling across this site. after reading through most of the archives and clicking around pretty much everywhere i have discovered that i am fully devoted to plasma physics research.

what started it all was a curiosity piqued by this nasty bastard. weatherman turned paranoid by observing unusual variations in what he thought he understood. bitter by the reluctance of anyone else in his field to make a comment. currently sitting on a wealth of information dangerously technical for approachable awareness. and of course his influence has spread.

so through known manipulation of the ionosphere a gaggle of different outlets here on earth are toying with forces until now only ignored. we are indeed entering a new era.

so plasma physics concerns our atmosphere and most of the material sustaining our universe. nothing big. for me, it's largely the effect of the sun on these physices that hold my interest. solar wind caused by coronal ejections send particles careening towards earth at high speeds (millions of miles an hour) only to be deflected by our magnetosphere. this activity is responsible for causing simultaneous and matching auroras at the north and south poles. recently, during a period of solar minimum, we have had a significant amount of activity. specifically sunspot 930. attentive to this hole, spaceweather.com notes

"One week ago today, sunspot 930 unleashed an X9-class solar flare--one of the strongest flares in years...The sunspot's tangled magnetic field still harbors energy for X-flares"

if you click on that link for strongest flares, it will take you to a list of the 20 strongest x-class flares since there has been equipment to measure such a thing ('80?). the one we experienced on the 5th of december is #15. not too shabby. what does this mean? i do not know. it means lucky bastards near the poles get some enjoyment.

edit: i cant give you enough links. an article on this recent flare and a video of japan's hinode.