Solar storm warning: A CIR is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field

Another round of solar storms expected to blast Earth. A stream of solar wind is heading for Earth, and it should arrive before New Year's Eve. The wind is flowing from a coronal hole (CH) in the sun's atmosphere.

The action begins during the late hours of Dec. 30th when a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field.

CIRs are transition zones between slow-and fast-moving solar wind streams. Solar wind plasma piles up in these regions, producing density gradients and shock waves that do a good job of sparking auroras.

After the CIR arrives, a stream of fast-moving (600 km/s) solar wind will follow. The combined effect could produce G1-class geomagnetic storms and bright Arctic auroras on Dec. 30-31.



               

UFO Photographs - UFO photos taken during 1976, Himeji City, Japan

In late August of 1976, 11-year-old Hiroshi Tsutsui of Himeji City, Japan, and two of his friends were playing near his home when they spotted a dark object moving towards them in the sky.

Hiroshi captured four color photos of the object as it silently flew overhead.

This was the not the first time they witnessed this object. A month prior it was seen and photos were attempted, but they were unable to get the exposure correct.

The photos came to light when an employee in a photo shop noticed the strange pictures while going through processing and made a note to call the photographer.

He also contacted a UFO research organization and advised them of the photos and the photographer. An examination of the photographs by photo experts failed to show any evidence of fraud. The object progression in the series of images is consistent and it grows in size as it approaches until a definite structured form is visible.