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Originally posted by wtfhuh
The heater so far has only produced visual effects in the ionosphere at a range of 150-300km straight up.
These optic effects can not be seen by eye and need to use various instruments to capture.
I believe the technical name for it is "HF pumped enhanced airglow"
The EISCAT high-frequency (HF) transmitter facility at Ramfjord, Norway, has been used to accelerate F-region electrons sufficiently to excite the oxygen atoms and nitrogen molecules, resulting in optical emissions at 630, 557.7 and 427.8 nm. During O-mode transmissions at 5.423 MHz, using 630 MW effective radiated power, in the hours after sunset on 12 November 2001 several new observations were made, including: (1) The first high-latitude observation of an HF induced optical emission at 427.8 nm and (2) Optical rings being formed at HF on followed by their collapse into a central blob. Both discoveries remain unexplained with current theories.
Originally posted by Blaine91555
reply to post by Iamonlyhuman
Since the experiment was started after the spiral was already over, it would be pretty hard to assume what you have. Did you read the thread?
Originally posted by Blaine91555
If this were the result of this "heating", the visible light if enough power were used would not be blue in the first place. It would go from green at lower altitudes to red as it encountered atomic oxygen at the higher altitudes.
The minimum height for any visual indication would be at over 100km. There would be no blue, it would go from green at 100km to red when approaching 200 km.
Some info.
As evidence, there are no blue auroras.
[edit on 12/14/2009 by Blaine91555]
Originally posted by amance
reply to post by danman23
I emailed Dr. Antti Kero and the Tequila Sunrise experiment has nothing to do with the Norway Spiral. His reply to me is below:
Dear XXXXX ,
Thanks for your question and interest.
The famous spiral light was caused by a failed Russian military rocket 10 minutes before my radar experiment.
Obviously, our study had no connection to the rocket which came as a surprise for all of us in EISCAT. The purpose
of my radar run was (and still is the next few days) to study the effect of Geminids meteor showers to
the mesosphere in the polar sunrise conditions.
Best regards,
Dr. Antti Kero
Principal investigator of the TEQUILA sunrise project
During O-mode transmissions at 5.423 MHz, using 630 MW effective radiated power, in the hours after sunset on 12 November 2001 several new observations were made, including: (1) The first high-latitude observation of an HF induced optical emission at 427.8 nm and (2) Optical rings being formed at HF on followed by their collapse into a central blob. Both discoveries remain unexplained with current theories.
Originally posted by JayinAR
reply to post by Iamonlyhuman
Those aren't the same effects.
The spiral in question here didn't collapse inward. It expanded outward.
Edit to add - Also, they weren't rings. It was a spiral.
[edit on 14-12-2009 by JayinAR]
Originally posted by OldDragger
reply to post by Iamonlyhuman
After reading ATS for years, I have decided we have come to the tipping point!
There are now MORE people involved in covering up and conspiring than those not! Soon, everyone on the planet will be covering up some sinister plot by somebody.
First you guys come up with aliens, wormholes and who knows what. Then it becomes EISCAT, but when EISCAY says they didn't do it then THEY are part of the plot.
It's gone beyond silly, It was a failed missle launch!