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05/28/19
Due to family medical complications there will be no until Tuesday, July 2nd
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No SciTechNature June 4th or 11th!
We resume June 18th
Presentations:
Stephen Goodfellow:
"Cosmic heresy; the Fourth State of Matter Part II"
Today it is recognized that 99.999% of all observable matter in the universe is in the plasma state - yet despite this, the bulk of astrophysicists and cosmologists refer to this state of matter merely as 'hot gas'. Why?
Daniel Britt, "Orbits and Ice Ages: The History of Climate"
A hard-core NASA geologist talks about orbital mechanics - a subject that one might think would make for a rather dull lecture - makes the subject edge-of-the-seat fascinating as he explains why you'll be boating over Florida by the year 2100.
Terra Mizwa: Due to family priorities, Terra will not be giving her presentation this week.
Location & Time: Tuesdays, 11:30am to 1:30pm
Quinta Loreto Hotel, Cjon. de Loreto 15, Centro, Zona Centro, 37700 San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
From Cjon. de Loreto, enter the Mercado de Artisanias alley (East, going up-hill) about twenty yards and turn to your left into the Hotel Quinta Loreto compound.
The community center is on the Southeast side of the little central park. If you are coming by car, there is a parking lot within the compound.
(The community center is in the same location as the Philosophical get-together which is held on Fridays.)
A 50 pesos donation is suggested.
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No SciTechNature June 4th or 11th!
We resume June 18th
Links from this Tuesday: Stephen Goodfellow's Presentation links:
Frozen at the moment of exploding, the high energy plasma of an atomic bomb exhibits unforeseen detailed structure. Also, notice the plasma making its way down the steel cables of the bomb tower:https://lebbeuswoods.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/abomb-3.jpg
A rather interesting article explaining the photo capture technique:
TERRIBLE BEAUTY: “I am become Death”
https://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/terrible-beauty-3-i-am-become-death/
Magnetic plasma loops hoist themselves with countless tons of matter high above the Sun, irrespective of the Sun's crushing gravity, 28 times more powerful than the Earth's
Solar Loops - NASA | Fiery Looping Rain on the Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFT7ATLQQx8&t=45s
These tightly coiled plasma 'Slinkies' that appear on the Sun's 'surface' are the bane of commercial satellites, and one of the reasons the Sun is so carefully watched. If and when they trigger, they send a cascade of X and Gamma rays, together with an accelerated radioactive plasma 'wind' that reaches Earth, usually in a couple of days. Pity any astronaut who gets caught in one of these.
Extreme Solar Flares:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmDZhQAIeXM
The stark difference between the gravity fixated cosmological cult and the plasma/electric opponents: The Gravity folks are still looking - and failing to find - theorized 'Dark Matter' that is supposed to explain the rigidity of spiral galaxies.
The plasma/electric school say the spiral arms are an electromagnetic phenomenon. A brutally simple explanation backed up by observation.(but where the money in that?!)
Paper describing the magnetic polarization of spiral galaxies:
https://youtu.be/0kakHxQs8yE?t=152
The center of Supernova 1987 looks almost identical (and not to be confused with) to the highly publicized M 1987. One is supposed to be a 'black hole' the other is 'merely' a plasma toroid...or, are they both plasma toroids?
Look at the comparison:
An article from 2013 describing SN 1987. (The words 'plasma' or 'toroid' or 'plasmoid' are not mentioned.)
https://www.universetoday.com/101180/first-ever-submillimeter-radio-images-of-supernova-1987a/
High resolution of the interior of the SN 1987 plasmoid; a gravitational or electromagnetic phenomena?
https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SN1987A_RGB_radio-x-ray-optical_large.jpg
A delightfully heuristic segue demonstrating nature's repetition on different cosm scales:
Two Vortex Rings Colliding in SLOW MOTION
https://youtu.be/EVbdbVhzcM4?t=294
According to classical gravitational dogma, stars this near a hypothesized black hole ought to be torn apart, but...
Infant stars found surprisingly near galaxy's supermassive black hole: Earliest phase of star formation ever observed in highly hostile environment -- ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171128123259.htm
The gravity-oriented astrophysical claim:
"A gas cloud collides with the black hole at the center of our galaxy, and we get to watch | PBS NewsHour"
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/massive-gas-cloud-collide-black-hole-get-watch-live
The actual outcome. Several plasma physicists announced to a deaf gravity-oriented audience that the 'cloud' was a plasma in motion and thus imbued with the 'Dynamo Effect', making it a very powerful electromagnetic beastie. They pointed out that this aspect of the phenomenon allow for very powerful electromagnetic interactions and would not get sucked into any hypothetical black hole They were right :
"Black Hole Fails to Destroy Mystery Cosmic Cloud"
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141106-space-g2-black-hole-science/
Electric/Plasma physicists also asked, "If the center of the galaxy is a powerful black hole, then where is the gravitational lensing that is supposed to occur on stars that are orbiting?"
Image of Gravitational lensing; object behind a powerful gravitational field is distorted:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/A_Horseshoe_Einstein_Ring_from_Hubble.JPG
This section of video shoes actual observation in the center of the galaxy, no gravitational lensing:
https://youtu.be/Dk2-lH9ewuA?t=97
I'll wrap up this heretical bacchanalia with the cosmic plasma primer by one of the more prevalent plasma/electric heretic groups:
" Black Hole or Plasmoid?"
Stephen Goodfellow link for 2nd part of SciTechNature
Hard core climate science - go ahead; try and argue with this:
"Dan Britt - Orbits and Ice Ages: The History of Climate"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yze1YAz_LYM&list=FLNBqKYb7-xr6B3ZszxkCZkA&index=6&t=0s
Last weeks links here
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SMA Lifelong learning program
http://instituto-allende.edu.mx/en/lifelong-learning-program/
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...Because the acquisition of clean water in our town is not only a science, but a necessity, especially in the San Miguel de Allende area:
Link to John Wharton's Shelter Space; an excellent source of SciTechNature trace elements:
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SMA Rotary Club rests upon a foundation of compassion and science, so it too gets a heads up from SciTechNature.
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Best,
Stephen Goodfellow
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