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The lights are most evident in the middle period of an earthquake, although there are reports of lights that occurred after or quite often before the earthquake, such as before the 1976 Tangshan earthquake.[citation needed] They usually have shapes similar to those of the auroras with white to bluish hue, but occasionally they have been reported to have a wider color spectrum.[citation needed] The luminosity is typically visible for several seconds, but there have been cases in which they lasted tens of minutes. In the 1930 Idu earthquake, lights were reported up to 70 miles from the epicentre.[1], although most lights are not so far away.[citation needed]
There have also been cases in which electromagnetic waves caused by the earthquake interfered with radio transmissions, such as during the Great Chilean Earthquake of 1960.[citation needed]
Distinguishing earthquake lights from other transient optical phenomena can be difficult during the chaos of a tremor. For example, a bluish-white flashes that are accompanied by loud bangs or hissing during an earthquake are more likely the result of electrical arcing in power lines or transformers. However, in some videos, the light can be seen as a long flash in the night high in the sky[2].
Originally posted by zorgon
You people are aware that HAARP can actually manipulate the Aurora's and literally 'paint' with them?
Perhaps one day soon I can tell you what HARRP can REALLY do
According to NOAA, the public derives numerous benefits from the tracking station, officially called the Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition Station. Benefits include quicker response to natural disasters, improved weather forecasts, and enhanced search and rescue capabilities.
The facility also supports scientific research in climatology and atmospheric studies, oceanography, and other fields.
Originally posted by theBLESSINGofVISION
I for one would love to hear you elaborate on that!
Guess I'll have to wait patiently
Originally posted by BlasteR
"atmospheric studies" could be a reference to HAARP-related activities, not to mention "other fields" whatever that means..
Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is a staunch supporter of the program. Other Alaska state officials, however, have not been briefed about HAARP by the military. Asked about the program, a spokesman for Governor Tony Knowles replied, "We have no idea what you are talking about." State Representative Jeanette James, whose district surrounds the HAARP site, has repeatedly asked Air Force officials about the project and has been told "not to worry," she says. "My gut feeling is that it is frightening. I'm skeptical. I don't think they know what they are doing."
INTERESTING!
Ionograms show the virtual heights and critical frequencies of the ionospheric layers and which are measured by an ionosonde. An ionosonde sweeps a range of frequencies, usually from 0.1 to 30 MHz, transmitting at vertical incidence to the ionosphere. As the frequency increases, each wave is refracted less by the ionization in the layer, and so each penetrates further before it is reflected. Eventually, a frequency is reached that enables the wave to penetrate the layer without being reflected. For ordinary mode waves, this occurs when the transmitted frequency just exceeds the peak plasma, or critical, frequency of the layer. Tracings of the reflected high frequency radio pulses are known as ionograms.
Scientists also are exploring the structure of the ionosphere by a wide variety of methods, including passive observations of optical and radio emissions generated in the ionosphere, bouncing radio waves of different frequencies from it, incoherent scatter radars such as the EISCAT, Sondre Stromfjord, Millstone Hill, Arecibo, and Jicamarca radars, coherent scatter radars such as the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) radars, and using special receivers to detect how the reflected waves have changed from the transmitted waves.
A variety of experiments, such as HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program), involve high power radio transmitters to modify the properties of the ionosphere. These investigations focus on studying the properties and behavior of ionospheric plasma, with particular emphasis on being able to understand and use it to enhance communications and surveillance systems for both civilian and military purposes. HAARP was started in 1993 as a proposed twenty year experiment, and is currently active near Gakona, Alaska. There is concern among many members of the scientific community regarding the dangers involved in disturbing the ionosphere.
The SuperDARN radar project researches the high- and mid-latitudes using coherent backscatter of radio waves in the 8 to 20 MHz range. Coherent backscatter is similar to Bragg scattering in crystals and involves the constructive interference of scattering from ionospheric density irregularities. The project involves more than 11 different countries and multiple radars in both hemispheres.
Scientists are also examining the ionosphere by the changes to radio waves from satellites and stars passing through it. The Arecibo radio telescope located in Puerto Rico, was originally intended to study Earth's ionosphere.
Originally posted by GriffinRD
It might be interesting to see if there was unique weather above HAARP (or aurora's) preceeding the quakes in unfriendly countries.
The collisions in the atmosphere electronically excite atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere. The excitation energy can be lost by light emission or collisions. Most aurorae are green and red emission from atomic oxygen. Molecular nitrogen and nitrogen ions produce some low level red and very high blue/violet aurorae
Originally posted by welivefortheson
sorry to bring this back up but that is not a Circumhorizon arc for it is not at an alitutde high enough where ice crystals can exist.
Circumhorizon arcs can only occur in cirrus clouds with a minimum altitude of 22 thousand feet.
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if you observe in the video,they are not cirrus clouds nor are they anywhere near even 10000 feet.
www.youtube.com...://pinewooddesign.co.uk/2008/05/12/earthquake-cloud-prediction/
secondly the colours we see in the rainbow esk clouds reflect the only possible colours seen in the aurora
The collisions in the atmosphere electronically excite atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere. The excitation energy can be lost by light emission or collisions. Most aurorae are green and red emission from atomic oxygen. Molecular nitrogen and nitrogen ions produce some low level red and very high blue/violet aurorae
since the aurora is caused by charged particles striking atmospheric gases it is pretty obvious the effect we are seeing is atmospheric gases being struck by a charged particles.
the source of the charged paricles is up for debate.
either the stresses within the earth caused a piezoelectric effect strong enough to cause a charge capable of an auraral glow,or another electric charge caused the auroral glow.probably haarp.