INTERPLANETARY SHOCK WAVE:
published on Spaceweather.com, on April 20, 2018
An interplanetary shock wave hit Earth’s magnetic field on April 19th around 23:50 UT. When the disturbance arrived, the density of solar wind flowing around our planet abruptly quadrupled and a crack opened in Earth’s magnetic field. The resulting G2-class geomagnetic storm sparked unusual “electric blue” auroras.
“I’ve been flying airplanes for 20 years and photographing aurora for 10 years, but I’ve never seen anything like this before,” reports pilot Matt Melnyk who photographed the display from 39,000 feet:
“Electric blue auroras!” he says. “This was while on a red eye flight from Edmonton to Toronto around 4 am over northern Manitoba. Unbelievable sky. I was able to grab some hasty shots with a cell phone.”
Auroras are usually green–a sign of oxygen. Rare blue auroras are caused by nitrogen molecules. Energetic particles striking N2+ at the upper limits of Earth’s atmosphere can produce an azure glow during intense geomagnetic storms.
During the storm, Northern Lights spilled across the Canadian border into the United States as far south as Indiana. Hongming Zheng, a student at Purdue University, saw the blue glow just five miles from his dorm:
“I was preparing for bed at 1:32 am on April 20th when I read that there was an Interplanetary Shockwave,” says Zheng. “I immediately started driving north to see the show. A weak green wisp showed up at 2am and faded, but shortly after 5am a sudden outburst occurred. Purple pillars were easily visible to the naked eye. It’s funny how one minute you are in a humid dorm struggling to get the laundry door closed, and the next minute you are chasing one of the most spectacular phenomenon known to man.”
What is an interplanetary shock wave? It is a supersonic disturbance in the gaseous material of the solar wind. These waves are usually delivered by coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Indeed, this one might have been a minor CME that left the sun unrecognized earlier this week.
Alternately, it might have been an unusually sharp co-rotating interaction region (CIR). CIRs are transition zones between slow- and fast-moving streams of solar wind. They contain plasma density gradients and magnetic fields that often do a good job sparking auroras.
High latitude sky watchers should remain alert for auroras on April 20-21 as Earth’s magnetic field continues to reverberate from the impact.
Those of you who do full OBEs while staying in this, still somewhat dense energy, can go UP and see it from above (Neat eh?). I’m just learning and sometimes I end up somewhere in the astral planes (it is kind of “muddy” there – not nearly as much fun or as beautiful) instead of my desired destination (HERE) which I guess is between 3D and 5D, but I am not certain, but if you do bypass them (the Astrals), and you stay here and not end up further up (into the etheric plane, I guess – I am really not sure – and I don’t even care – about names that is), anyway, just SET your intentions and THINK about being “1000 miles high” – then look down (it is instant travel!) – and it is SO beautiful – it’s beyond belief! And if you have things come at you at very high speeds IGNORE them – they go right through you – or you through them… (Same-o Same-o) I guess they are satellites? or Meteors? Maybe. I guess… really, I’m not sure and they are very blurry – too fast to know either way. But either way it is NOT a problem. And WELL WORTH the effort. Just ditch ALL FEAR – there is nothing to be afraid of up there. You are IN CHARGE (and it feels like it, too). If you see a reddish, glittery kind of screen looking thing with all kinds of big gaping holes in it (like a big fishing net badly in need of repair) just IGNORE it – I am not 100% sure, but I think it is what is left of some type of grid that held us in, or radiated us or something like that (I can feel that it was NOT a good thing). It seems to be falling apart and going away – disintegrating or something. Just ignore it – nothing can hurt you up there! NOTHING!! Your worst obstacle is YOU creating something from your own fears – SO HAVE NONE! Forget them. Be LOVE, Be In the NOW, and enjoy it – and BE IMPRESSED with your own co-creative abilities (think about it – you are like a Master Travel Agent! Pretty Cool, huh? FOR REAL!!). What an awesome place this is now that we can play in it (and with it). Someone told me they could paint with stars. I have NO idea what that means. Does anyone know? I DO want to know. It sounds REALLY NEAT! It sounds like fun to me. I am still figuring it all out, and I am sure this is a kindergarten of sorts since I don’t even have a proper vocabulary (not yet, anyway). I feel just like a kid again. But I am picking things up, and making some of my own names up, too! I mean – would you call a Giraffe a Giraffe if you saw it and never knew its name? No – I think it would be a “Cute-Furry-High-Leaf-Eater!” Okay, I admit naming new things is not my best talent (obviously). But it’s fun. I have only seen two others up there floating around (humans that is). And a whole lot of creatures I have never seen before – EVER – yes, things, animals? They seem to live in or above our atmosphere. They are round and wavy and have a hole in the middle, and like a slot in the back of them. And they ARE alive. Not ships. Not UFOs – Life! Living critters! They move FAST, too! Really fast, and they fade in and out as they please. Electromagnetic Pancake Beings? (Hey… I told you I sucked at naming things). But that does describe them. They are like living Dropa Stones! That’s it. Anyway – I will see you all there. You MUST go and see it for yourself. You simply MUST! I invite you to float above Earth with me. It is so cool up there. Soon, I am going to set my destination to “The Dark Side of the Moon” (which is not always dark, of course!) – and I will go there, or I’ll end up at an old Pink Floyd concert… that would be very strange, for sure. Anyway, I will see you all there.
Cheers,
Richard (TLH)
P.S. And once you go there – you WILL be back. I just know it. It is THAT beautiful.