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Originally posted by sbctinfantry
This is a math thread, and the math hasn't been done. If you took the radius from the center of the moon and subtracted 300 feet, the moon is shrinking.
Originally posted by sbctinfantry
Sure, but what kind of area does that cover once it's a particulate in space? A lot of big chunks, dust?
My interest sure is piqued.
Originally posted by sbctinfantry
Now, is it possible?
This will be very approximate.
Given that it would have to blanket the entire planet in order to cause darkness for a full 3 days on a rotating Earth, that represents a surface area of about 518,102,000 km^2 (or half that if you don't want it to cover lower and higher latitudes).
The amount of material, then, depends on the thickness and density required to block the light from the sun. Let's say it's distributed over an altitude of 20 km. That's a volume of (4/3)*pi*2466057260 = 10,329,796,495 km^3.
At this thickness, and as a very rough estimate (it depends on particulate size), the minimum density required to block sunlight should be around 50,000 kg/km^3.
That gives a mass of 516,500,000,000,000 kg. That's 1/142,260,000 the mass of the Moon, and, given the density of the Moon, would represent a lunar volume of about 155 km^3 (37 cubic miles).
Originally posted by St Udio
the prophecy of '3' day of darkness...is a finite period...a 72 hour phony-nom-a-na
so a moon originated cloud of ash or moon ejecta is 99.9% a non-item
a 3 days of darkness ( which involves the 12 hours of light during a 24 hour period...for 3 days running)
is meant to be an exact 'sign'...
the promised 3 'days' of no Sun light would have a most dramatic effect if the 3 day period were during
some festival or daytime related observance/celebration period.
few people would take notice if 3 days of darkness were in Winter
but if the 3 days of darkness were around a May Day or a July 4th...the Media would sure
make it well known to the masses
(hey, most people commute to work in the pre-dawn---return home in the twilight..
.& all their 'days' are in a cubicle or office) --- leaving it to their imagination that there was no 'daylight'
now... since the 3 days of darkness means that it won't be a subdued light nor a twilight...then the 'darkness', must be either a metaphor or a reality
Darkness in a emotional/moralistic sense
Darkness in a physics sense
i can't see the Earth not rotating to create Days/Nights
nor can i see a super mother-ship putting the Planet Earth in the shadow of its presence
so (and I disagree)... the darkness has got to be a supernatural event for 72 consecutive hours GMT
which is supposed to befuddle humankind...and lead to a belief in Christian dogma/religion
hey... does that Photon Belt still exist to all those channelers & assorted 'believers'?
that cloud of photons might be a cause for the 72 hour darkness thing
i get exhausted typing so bye-bye