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Atmospheric anomalies during Japan earthquake

Earthquakes in the Air

The phenomenon of ‘earthquake lights’ has long sat at the fringes of science, though the anecdotal evidence for their occurrence is fairly strong (see this previous story on earthquake lights in Italy for example). But what could be the cause of these mysterious lights in the sky? A new and fascinating paper on Arxiv.org may provide an answer: a connection between ground and atmosphere that sees the ionosphere becoming massively charged with electrons with the onset of an earthquake.

Technology Review has a good wrap-up of the research:

Geologists have long puzzled over anecdotal reports of strange atmospheric phenomena in the days before big earthquakes. But good data to back up these stories has been hard to come by.

In recent years, however, various teams have set up atmospheric monitoring stations in earthquake zones and a number of satellites are capable of sending back data about the state of the upper atmosphere and the ionosphere during an earthquake.

…Today, Dimitar Ouzounov at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland and a few buddies present the data from the Great Tohoku earthquake which devastated Japan on 11 March. Their results, although preliminary, are eye-opening.

They say that before the M9 earthquake, the total electron content of the ionosphere increased dramatically over the epicentre, reaching a maximum three days before the quake struck.

At the same time, satellite observations showed a big increase in infrared emissions from above the epicentre, which peaked in the hours before the quake. In other words, the atmosphere was heating up.

These observations help to support the hypothesis of the “Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling mechanism”, which the paper describes primarily as “the ionization of the air produced by an increased emanation of radon (and other gases) from the Earth’s
crust in the vicinity of active fault… The increased radon emanation launches the chain of physical processes, which leads to changes in the conductivity of the air and a latent heat release (increasing air temperature)”.

Fascinating findings, and perhaps a first step towards earthquake prediction (not to mention another possible physical mechanism explaining animal ‘earthquake precognition’?).

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  1. thanks for running this
    not sure Greg if you got this from my e-mail this morning or not but dose’nt matter.

    This really is very interesting stuff. Has far reaching implications especially in the early warning side of things.
    I’m sure some people may point a finger at HAARP also…

  2. Main line science
    He will probably have his grant removed for even suggesting that anything new could be found about earthquakes.
    Academic “science” is probably hanging on grimly to their theory that earthquakes are an illusion and any upstart, willing to actually research the science, is a threat to their self important,
    flat earth mentality.

        1. As a routine skywatcher for
          As a routine skywatcher for chemtrails I can report with no ambiguity that there is a massive world wide geoengineering project taking place using aerosolized barium and aluminum mostly. It would not be terribly surprising to find that HAARP or something like it was being used along the same lines and that it night be used somewhat indiscriminately. The terrible tornadic storms we have been seeing in the midwest US the past 3 months were all nursed along by heavy chentrailing along their leading edges. There appears to be no accountability about increasing the precipitation and also violence of storms, so if the geoengineers happened to discover that HAARP could be used as an “earthquake machine” it is also likely that they would not be much constrained by humanitarian values. I don’t know whether HAARP is being used thusly, but I am pretty sure now that we can check off of our list of doubts that no one would dare use such a tool.

          1. never rule out any possibilties
            i’m not convinced yet but many people I am in contact with are convinced. According to my sources, mid west USA has been a consentration point for HAARP for the last week and a half. New Madrid fault line areas in Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, or Tennessee, seem to be the target.

            Check this site for many new stories that don’t reach main stream…….beforeitsnews.com……

          2. May I politely suggest that
            May I politely suggest that anyone interested in these questions become an amateur skywatcher. If you live in any sizeable metropolitan area you will see heavy chentrailing at times though there are cessations that usually last about 3 weeks. Just make it a habit when you go outside to give the sky a little perusal. You might be surprised by what you see at times. Most of us don’t regard the sky as we used to do in our more agrarian days. Had chemtrailing been going on in say the 1920’s everybody would have been talking about because nearly everyone watched the sky and knew what a natural sky looked like.

          3. Skywatcher
            I’ve never seen a chemtrail over Mexico city.

            I may not be a skywatcher per se, but I do have the habit of looking up to the sky regularly —I’m looking for UFOs, not furry lines in the sky 😉

          4. bad timing maybe
            a quick google found many images of chemtrails over mexico city and a few videos. Maybe you need to look more often. Here’s a hint, watch when a new front moves in, the sprayers take full advantage of weather conditions for maximin effect.

            Those rainbow clouds you posted ages ago are a typical effect of chemtrails. It’s the reflective nature of the fine aluminium dust and other contents that cause these strange rainbow clouds.

          5. Rainbow clouds

            Those rainbow clouds you posted ages ago are a typical effect of chemtrails. It’s the reflective nature of the fine aluminium dust and other contents that cause these strange rainbow clouds.

            OR… they could just be ice crystals 😛

            I’ve seen plenty of jet trails left by Air Force craft. They dissipate in a matter of minutes, not the hours claimed by chemtrailers.

          6. rainbow clouds,,yes
            yes it could be ice crystals….it’s interesting that these rainbow clouds are a modern phenomenom. I never seen them anywhere as a child. I’ve always been an avid skywatcher too.

            I have taken pictures of chemtrails in my area that have drifted accross the sky for hours. You apparently have not seen a chemtrail, this does not mean they don’t exist. When you do see your first, you will observe the difference between them and contrails easily.

            I hope you see some soon.

          7. suggestion taken
            emlong……I am an active campaigner against Chem spraying. I have a petition going, I post reguarly on CHEMTRAILS KILL facebook page. I am a member of the Chemtrail truth site and a member of chembusters.

            I have enough overwhelming evidence to support that geoengineering is happening.

            I’m not, however, convinced of the HAARP side of things. I need more evidence then I have at this moment. I am in the process of aquiring this evidence. I will not go out on a limb and make claims that I can not support on this matter. But, the evidence is mounting rapidly and some contacts in Sweeden are working on a device that can accuratly detect wave lenghts commonly used with HAARP activities.

          8. from the Moment-of-the-Long-Now-Dept.
            [quote=thefloppy1]I have enough overwhelming evidence to support that geoengineering is happening.[/quote]

            So whom do you think is doing this and why?

          9. to the Moment-of-the-Long-Now-Dept.
            I don’t know who is doing it. And I don’t know why.

            Do you think it is happening and if not, why?

            Have you done any research on this matter?

          10. from the Subject-to-Flight-Dept.
            [quote=thefloppy1]I don’t know who is doing it. And I don’t know why.

            Do you think it is happening and if not, why?

            Have you done any research on this matter?[/quote]

            None at all :3 That is why I am asking your opinion. I’m guessing you have data of some sort and have hypotheses on this data.

          11. pondering
            I do have much data but i’m still in the information collecting stage of the three stages. Information, knowledge and then understanding.

            So an hyptheses now would be premature.

          12. from the Database-Generation-Dept.
            [quote=thefloppy1]I do have much data but i’m still in the information collecting stage of the three stages. Information, knowledge and then understanding.

            So an hyptheses now would be premature.[/quote]

            Awesome, I grok, thank you :3

          13. from the Stop-Global-Warming-Dept.
            [quote=emlong]As a routine skywatcher for chemtrails I can report with no ambiguity that there is a massive world wide geoengineering project taking place using aerosolized barium and aluminum mostly. It would not be terribly surprising to find that HAARP or something like it was being used along the same lines and that it night be used somewhat indiscriminately. The terrible tornadic storms we have been seeing in the midwest US the past 3 months were all nursed along by heavy chentrailing along their leading edges. There appears to be no accountability about increasing the precipitation and also violence of storms, so if the geoengineers happened to discover that HAARP could be used as an “earthquake machine” it is also likely that they would not be much constrained by humanitarian values. I don’t know whether HAARP is being used thusly, but I am pretty sure now that we can check off of our list of doubts that no one would dare use such a tool.[/quote]

            So why do you think ‘they’ are doing it? What different theories have you come up with/found that fit the ‘facts’? Maybe this could be a blog entry for you? :3

          14. It is likely a tranche of
            It is likely a tranche of uses, and any one use can be a mask for the other uses. The scuttlebutt is that the aerosols are being used to nucleate precipitation aloft and/or that a particulate “umbrella” is being created to shade a warming earth from solar radiation, but there could also be other things involved too. Inhaled nano barium will form piezoelectric crystals in the brain and central nervous system. These crystals will responded to pressure waves and affect the nervous system by suppressing nerve impulses. A general population unknowingly inncoculated with bariun nanocrystals could be managed by weaponry that generates acoustic pressure waves and also EMF radiations. A ubiquitous network of “cell phone” towers then could double as a unbuitous tool for managing a population in times of civil strife such as we may be entering now.
            It can be all about many uses and probably is.

            http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15082100

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