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Sun Storm

by Bill Hamilton

Astronomers are learning more about our mysterious star we call the Sun. The Sun is a huge fusion reactor that slowly fuses hydrogen nuclei into helium nuclei.

Our Sun is a medium-sized yellow star that is 93,026,724 miles from the Earth. This distance also determines a measure of 1 Astronomical Unit. This distance varies over a year.

The Sun´s core can reach 10-to-22.5 million °F. The surface temperature is approximately 9,900°F (5,500°C). The outer atmosphere of the Sun (which we can see during a solar eclipse) gets extremely hot again, up to 1.5-to-2 million degrees. At the center of big Sunspots, the temperature can be as low as 7300 °F (4300 K, 4000 °C). The temperature of the Sun is determined by measuring how much energy (both heat and light) it emits.

The Sun has been determined to be about 4.5 billion years old. The Earth and the Sun are of the same age having formed at the same time according to existing theory.

The Sun emits electromagnetic radiation and charged particles. Frequently, the Sun will flare and brighten and an explosive flare will emit the energy equivalent of millions of 100-megaton Hydrogen bombs.

Stars like the Sun are considered to be stable over their life cycles. The outward pressure of gases in the solar wind balances the inward force of gravity. Lucky for us.

Novas

From time-to-time a white dwarf star will accumulate too much hydrogen gas from a neighbor. This results in a tremendous explosion of this gas shell that brightens the star in the heavens. This is what we know as a nova. It usually occurs at the final stages of a star’s life cycle.

Yet, do we know all that we need to know about novas? What happens if a cloud of hydrogen gas of unusually high density were to engulf our Sun.? Could a mini-nova result in the expulsion of a shell of gas that would burst like a firestorm through the solar system? Although it seems unlikely, studies of ancient history seem to indicate variations in solar output that may have produced catastrophic changes on Earth. Even today, a variation in solar luminosity is occurring. And scientists report that the slight increase in solar output may be contributing to climate change and global warming. There is some evidence that some of the other planets in our system are also experiencing warmer temperatures and climate change. These changes could be the result of increasing accumulations of cosmic dust through which our solar system is passing.

My interest in the Sun has recently been stimulated by reports I have received from a man -- Dr. Dan B.C. Burisch -- who claims he is a microbiologist who works for a shadowy arm of the Government. He tells me that preparations are being made for a coming catastrophe in the year 2012 that involves changes in our Sun and its effects on the Earth. This is, of course, related to deciphering the Mayan symbols that seem to point to the winter solstice of our year 2012.

This is such an immense subject that my research on it continues in spurts. To summarize the predictions, it can be said that a recurring event may cause the change in our Sun. That event -- known as the grand crossing -- is synchronized to the precession of the equinoxes.

Here is a description of that event:

“Is there something significant we should know about the Winter Solstice date of December 21, 2012? Yes. On this day a rare astronomical and Mayan mythical event occurs. In astronomic terms, the Sun conjuncts the intersection of the Milky Way and the plane of the ecliptic. The Milky Way -- as most of us know, -- extends in a general North-South direction in the night sky. The plane of the ecliptic is the track the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars appear to travel in the sky from East to West. It intersects the Milky Way at a 60 degree angle near the constellation Sagittarius.

"The cosmic cross formed by the intersecting Milky Way and plane of the ecliptic was called the 'Sacred Tree' by the Maya. The trunk of the tree -- the Axis Mundi -- is the Milky Way. And the main branch intersecting the tree is the plane of the ecliptic. Mythically, at Sunrise on December 21, 2012, the Sun -- our Father -- rises to conjoin the center of the Sacred Tree, the World Tree, the Tree of Life.

"The galactic center and the Great Rift contain great clouds of hydrogen gas and dust, the substances out of which stars are formed. These clouds partially block our view of the bright stars that crowd the galactic center.

"The great rift of the Milky Way begins near Deneb and extends SW deep into the southern Milky Way ending near Alpha Centauri. The dust clouds of the rift are probably 1,000 light-years distant in Cygnus and approach us in Aquila, Scutum, Sagittarius, and Scorpius where they are only a few hundred light years away.

"The Eagle Aquila is dusted with dark nebulae, ancient star cities, stellar outbursts, and the faint puffs of exploded stars. Aquila is on the celestial equator and cuts through the great rift of the Milky Way where it runs NE-SW. Aquila is poor in clusters, rich in faint planetary nebulae, and loaded with dark nebulae.

"This rare astronomical event -- foretold in the Mayan creation story of the Hero Twins and calculated empirically by them -- will happen for many of us in our lifetime. The Sun has not conjoined the Milky Way and the plane of the ecliptic since some 25,800 years ago -- long before the Mayans arrived on the scene and long before their predecessors the Olmecs arrived. What does this mean?" (from: )

Many do not think that anything special will happen. But others believe that the Mayans recorded significant events and used precise calendars to forecast the recurrence of periodic cycles marked by special events. Why would the intersection of our Sun and solar system with the Milky Way’s equatorial plane constitute a noteworthy event?

“The auspicious year of 2012 indicated in the long count calendar illuminates the fact that the Precessional movement of the Winter Solstice Sun will gradually bring its position into alignment with the very center of our Galaxy. For the Maya, this is like the last stroke of Midnight on New Year’s Eve. Only in 2012, the "New Year" is the New Galactic Year of 26,000 solar years. The Galactic Clock will be at zero point and a New Precessional Cycle will begin.” (from: )

Maurice Cotterell has studied the Mayan, Egyptian, and Incan lost sciences of the Sun and has determined that the Sun goes through cycles of magnetic reversals and changes of direction. He believes that the ancient calendars show how the Earth was destroyed 5 times due to the Sun’s twisting magnetic fields. (from: )

The last piece of the puzzle that may explain why the Sun will react to this event comes from Dr. Paul LaViolette in his book Earth Under Fire.

“In a nutshell, the book is about LaViolette´s dissertation subject, being [about] the effect of periodic galactic core explosions -- the period being roughly 26,000 years -- which send out shells of cosmic rays (chiefly in the form of electrons moving at near lightspeed) that are hundreds to thousands of light-years thick (the thickness being the duration of that particular galactic core explosion).

"The effect of this constant blast of cosmic rays -- once the shell hits our solar system which is 23,000 light-years from the galactic core -- is to push interstellar dust into the inner solar system (the dust is normally kept out by the pressure of the solar wind). The result of this dust is very major, in a number of different ways, including (1) increased flaring of the Sun in the style of T-Tauri stars; (2) a downshift toward the infrared in terms of the solar radiation reaching the Earth; and (3) a significant deviation from normal in terms of the total solar energy reaching the ground.

"The last shell passed the Earth roughly 14,000 years ago, marking the end of the last ice age and causing all the major physical changes recorded from that time.”

(from: )

Protostars which are starting to blow away the gas and dust surrounding them are called T-Tauri stars. The warm dust remaining around T-Tauri stars still radiates in the infrared. There is evidence that the remaining dust and gas surrounding T-Tauri stars form rotating disks which may mark the beginnings of planetary systems.

When we say that the Sun may begin to behave like a T-Tauri star, this does not mean that the Sun transforms into such a star. The gas and dust accumulation that could occur around the Sun may cause it to behave like a T-Tauri star which could lead to a significant increase in infrared radiation.

This paper does not explore this theme in depth but is meant to point the way to further research. While it is uncertain that minor changes in the Sun will eventually lead to major consequences -- and while it uncertain that interpretation of Mayan prophecy or prediction is correct -- the fact is that evidence exists that Earth has gone through periodic catastrophes and extinction events in its history and that major changes in climatic conditions have occurred and will reoccur in the future. Research may reveal to us how the Sun has played a role in both catastrophic and extinction events of the past and how -- by further solar studies -- we may predict the Sun’s wild weather.

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