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Signs Of Change The Past Week Or So June 2013 Part 2

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HawkeyDavisChannel - 6/18/13

This video captures Earth Changes for the last week or so. One interesting thing about this video was the comment left by a viewer.

Dano Pierce 1 day ago

Most of this does not get mainstream media. I know a lot of folks talk about the end times and the Rapture, Revelation and see the world from a Biblical Literalist view. That is fine but this is a time when true followers of Light and truth must dig deep in their souls and live the words of the Master and be the hope and medicine that the world needs. True religion is not dogma or theology or prescribed path to heaven. It is the daily practice of kindness. Just saying, peace to all.

Peace to you Dano...Love Desert Gypsy and Earth Allies everywhere..Now for the video:

HAPPY SOLSTICE! Everything you need to know: June solstice 2013

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Earthsky.org - 6/21/13,

It’s that beautiful time of year again in the Northern Hemisphere, when the June solstice – your signal to celebrate summer – is upon us. The 2013 June solstice happened last night or this morning (June 21, 2013) according to clocks in North America. For us in the Northern Hemisphere, this solstice marks the longest day of the year. Early dawns. Long days. Late sunsets. Short nights. The sun at its height each day, as it crosses the sky. Meanwhile, south of the equator, winter has begun.

Check out EarthSky.org for the answers to all your questions.

 

Largest waterspout ever seen off Louisiana coast and another near Tampa (video)

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Notlinkednewschannel - 6/21/13

Amazing footage of a waterspout. Minor damage reported.

Published on Jun 21, 2013

Grand Isle Residents Say Waterspout The Biggest They've Ever Seen

NEW ORLEANS -- Eyewitness described it as frightening and awe inspiring, and many snapped photos and video.

The funnel cloud caused some minor damage. Part of the roof of a camp has been ripped off after the spout landed near a neighboring camp, while dozens of people marveled at the size and power of the waterspout.

Raging Colorado, Arizona wildfires prompt evacuations

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USNews.com- 6/21/13, Keith Koffman

DENVER — Several wildfires raged unchecked across drought-parched Colorado on Thursday, one threatening oil and gas wells close to the Utah border and another about 300 miles to the southeast chased a group of Boy Scouts from their camp near New Mexico.

A separate wind-whipped fire roaring through chaparral and pine forests in central Arizona forced the evacuation of about 460 homes near the town of Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix.Scorching temperatures, low humidity and gusting winds have much of Colorado under red-flag warnings for extreme fire danger, the National Weather Service said in a bulletin.

For more on this story please see USNews.com

 

New Subduction Zone Forming Off Spain's Coast

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LiveScience.com  - 6/21/13, Becky Oskin

A budding subduction zone offshore of Spain heralds the start of a new cycle that will one day pull the Atlantic Ocean seafloor into the bowels of the Earth, a new study suggests.

Understanding how subduction zones start is long-lasting mystery in plate tectonics, said lead study author João Duarte, a research fellow at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

For more information on this story please see livescience.com

~ Space Weather Update~ GeoMagnetic Storm Wind Speed 503

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MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT: Tonight, June 20-21, is shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The northern summer solstice is at 1:04 a.m. on the 21st EDT and 10:04 p.m. on the 20th PDT.

EMERGING ACTIVE REGION: For the past few days, a sunspot group on the farside of the sun has been crackling with flares and propelling CMEs into space. Now, this still-unnumbered active region moving onto the Earthside of the sun. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught it coming over the eastern limb on June 20th (circled):

By week's end, the emerging sunspot will reveal itself fully to telescopes on Earth. If it has a complex magnetic field that harbors energy for strong eruptions, Earth-directed flares could be in the offing.

Meanwhile, big sunspot AR1775 already poses a threat for Earth-directed flares. It has a 'beta-delta' class magnetic field that poses a threat for M-class eruptions. NOAA forecasters estimate a 30% chance of M-flares on June 20-21. Solar flare alerts: text, voice.

Summer Solstice to Straddle 2 Days in U.S.

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Wunderground.com - 6/20/13, Nick Wiltgen and Terrell Johnson

The longest day of the year will stretch over two days this year.

The summer solstice – the day on which the sun reaches its highest point in the sky and provides the year's longest daylight – is set to occur late Thursday night across much of the western U.S., followed by an early Friday arrival on the East Coast.

(To be exact, the summer solstice is set to occur at 10:04 PM Pacific Time and 11:04 PM Mountain Time on Thursday, and 12:04 AM Central Time and 1:04 AM Eastern Time on Friday.)

For much more on this story please see Wunderground.com

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