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OK, here is the plan... the magnetic field is changing due to mans use of electricity.... Now, we can get a coalition of scientists to hit the government up for millions for research, have Al Gore make another movie and if we preach this well enough we can make a crap-ton of money just on the books.... If it goes really well after that, we can then press for "electron credits" and "electron Cap & Trade" scams.
I hereby again claim this scam.... err, I mean scientific discovery and disclosure of the greatest threat to mankind ever, publicly on the internet today and we will call this the "Infolurker Effect" going forward! We will make a mint by taxing every kilowatt of electricity produced in the WORLD! This is almost as good as the Co2 scam and nobody has claimed it yet so I am.. LOL! (Yes, the UN will gladly assist us in this department, we can give them a portion of the money to line their pockets and they will support us 100%)
Scientists, Please contact me when we have some graphs and some data to take to the press and I will schedule a press conference to officially announce the "Infolurker Affect" to the world. "PS, if you can somehow link this to Co2 instead of electricity production it would greatly assist our friends from the original C02 scam but they already have claim to C02 and WE will not make our money since they have cornered the Co2 market, so we need to be independent here and make sure we have a "New" man made cause of this imminent disaster please (electrical production and transportation over power lines sounds pretty good). No use sharing our new disaster with the Co2 clowns when we can start a whole NEW fear mongering money maker for ourselves.
Pink is usually the brightest and most vibrant color overall found at the base of the aurora.
It occurs only when the auroral activity is very high, typically during substorms displaying very bright bands at high geomagnetic latitudes.
When the solar particles have great speed and energy, they can penetrate the furthest down into the atmosphere up to the mesosphere (~80km of altitude).
There they find bigger molecules to collide with like N2 and N2+.
At this altitude the air density is the highest in comparison to higher altitudes.
Therefore the particles are closer to one another and collide much more. Consequently only the entities with an extremely short photon-emitting time, namely nitrogen, can glow before other entities ‘steal’ this surplus energy. Only a few number of particles make it past 100km of altitude but they do it with great energy and speed.
This usually results in a brighter and more vibrant glow than any other color.
Mechanism: Once hit by energetic electrons, ionized nitrogen molecules (N2+) emit photons which wavelengths are in the deep-blue/purple (450-400nm).
Since N2+ is ionized there are lower energy electrons being shot out as well, allowing stable gaseous N2 to get excited and emit photons, which wavelengths are in the active red/deep-red (650-680nm).
Our eyes and cameras do the additive color synthesis and interpret this mix of colors as a bright PINK.
I take yearly vacations in Northern Canada since the late 60's. Many times have seen pinkish aurora as well as red and purple.
FROM WP: This is why there is a color differential with altitude; at high altitudes oxygen red dominates, then oxygen green and nitrogen blue/purple/red, then finally nitrogen blue/purple/red when collisions prevent oxygen from emitting anything. Green is the most common color. Then comes pink, a mixture of light green and red, followed by pure red, then yellow (a mixture of red and green), and finally, pure blue.