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Much of the Sun’s light is green. Why does it look yellow?





It’s a bright, beautiful day, with the lovely green sun shining overhead. Wait, you might say — green? We typically think of the sun as yellow or orange. Yet if we measured all the light our star emits, we’d find it shines most strongly in the green part of the spectrum. This has led some people to claim that the sun is really green.

Confusion over the sun’s color may come from mixing up two things — an object’s apparent hue and the wavelength where its light is strongest. That last feature is known as the light’s peak intensity. These two aren’t always the same.

Peak intensity is the specific point within the broad spectrum of light where the emitted hue is most intense. Color, though, is how our brain interprets the full mix of light wavelengths entering our eyes.

The sun’s peak intensity is at a green wavelength. But green is just one of many colors of light the sun emits. Sunlight spans the whole light spectrum — from long-wavelength radio waves to short-wavelength X-rays. The part we can see makes up a small chunk in the middle. This is known as the visible spectrum.

Within the visible spectrum, the way we perceive light’s color relates to how our eyes work.

Our eyes have three types of cone cells. S cones respond most strongly to blues and other short wavelengths of light. M cones respond most to mid-wavelength light, such as green. Those that respond mostly to reddish hues are the L cones. Our brain processes data coming from all three types of cones to perceive color.

When there’s light coming from all the different colors of the rainbow, we perceive that as white light. And if our eyes could see the whole mix of the sun’s visible wavelengths, it would tend to appear white. So why does the sun generally seem yellow?




Sunlight gets deflected by particles in the atmosphere (shown as a blue band above Earth’s surface) through what’s known as Rayleigh scattering. The effect depends on the light’s wavelength. Shorter blue and green wavelengths scatter much more than longer yellow and red hues. This affects what color the sun appears to us.

That’s the effect of the Earth’s atmosphere.

When sunlight hits gas molecules in our atmosphere, they scatter the shorter wavelengths of light. This includes blue and violet ones. Light with longer wavelengths — such as red, yellow and orange — will pass through the atmosphere to reach our eyes. This is why the sky looks blue and the sun looks mostly orange, yellow or red. (The exact hue depends on atmospheric conditions, including cloud cover.)

Published 5th May 2025 by Larissa G. Capella - Science Explores
https://www.snexplores.org/article/c...t-green-yellow

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HOW A THUNDERSTORM MADE GREEN RIPPLES OVER COLORADO

In the early hours of May 25th, 2505, photographer Aaron Watson set up his camera beneath the dark skies of Colorado and captured a silent drama triggered by distant thunderstorms. As the Milky Way rose and lightning flickered to the south, green waves began to ripple through the upper atmosphere.





"I saw flashes of lightning from a thunderstorm complex to the south and ran a timelapse sequence for about 30 minutes," says Watson. His camera revealed faint, watery-green bands flowing northward across the sky, as if emanating directly from the storm system.

Watson recorded a display of green airglow. The green light comes from the sun, while the ripples are created by thunderstorms. Strong updrafts from thunderstorms make a bullseye pattern in the airglow layer like throwing a stone into a pond.

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The Mothership Connection





"Well alright! Starchild here! We gonna funk you up!"

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EAaMCh8Xy14

Parliament - Mothership Connection - (Side 1)

1. P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) (0:00)
2. Mothership Connection (Star Child) (7:41)
3. Unfunky UFO (13:55)
4. Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (18:19)

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Space 2 Ground: Return Items



Tomatoes, ice cream, and more for those far, far from home.

Published 23rd May 2025 (4:09)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4osxNLwSQ7Q

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The Night Sky

Friday, May 30 - Mare Crisium (evening)



On Friday evening, May 30, the dark oval of Mare Crisium will be framed inside the appealing crescent of the young moon. This 345-mile (556 km) diameter basin is easy to see using your unaided eyes, binoculars, and any telescope. It is located near the eastern edge of the moon, just north of the moon's equator (the up-down red curve). The wobble of the moon, known as lunar libration, shifts Mare Crisium higher and lower, and closer and farther from the moon's edge at various times.


Saturday, May 31 - Crescent moon approaches Mars (evening)



In the western sky after dusk on Saturday, May 31, the reddish dot of Mars will shine to the upper left (or celestial southeast) of the waxing crescent moon in their second meeting this month. The pair will be cozy enough to share the field of view of binoculars (orange circle). While they descend the western sky until midnight, the moon's eastward orbital motion will shift it ever closer to the red planet.

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Bad News Betty



The Terrifying Truth about 5G, Wi-Fi & Cell Phone Radiation | Tristan Scott



Danny Jones hosts Tristan Scott, an Electrical Engineer (M.S.) and current Head of Operations & Marketing at Daylight Computer Co. He has deeply researched the connection between electromagnetism and human biology, with a specific interest in how man made electromagnetic fields (EMFs) could have a potential negative impact on human health.

Published 21st April 2025 (2:16:32)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPkZ_q1CrQ8

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25-year-old Man Develops 'Dropped Head Syndrome' From Looking At His Phone Too Much

Shocking images have revealed how spending hours playing games on a smartphone could result in terrifying 'dropped head syndrome'. 

Japanese medics have detailed the case of a 25-year-old man whose neck had become so weak from the habit that he became unable to lift his head.

Hospital photos show a bulge erupting from his neck, which medics attributed to his vertebrae becoming 'extremely extended' from the unnatural position.





Writing in a case report, the medics said their patient sought help after having suffered severe neck pain for six months and becoming unable to lift his head. 

He also experienced problems swallowing which led to eating fewer meals and losing a worrying amount of weight as result.

Published 14th May 2025 by John Ely – Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-syndrome.html

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Why Glaciers Won’t Recover – Even If We Cool the Planet





Even if humanity manages to reverse climate change and cool the Earth back down to the 1.5°C target, glaciers around the world are already on a path to centuries of continued melting.

Global Glacier Crisis: No Quick Recovery

New research shows that mountain glaciers around the world are likely locked into centuries of decline, even if we manage to bring global temperatures back down to the 1.5°C target after exceeding it.

Led by scientists from the University of Bristol in the UK and the University of Innsbruck in Austria, the study is the first to model glacier changes worldwide all the way to the year 2500. The focus is on “climate overshoot” scenarios, where the planet temporarily warms well beyond the 1.5°C goal, reaching up to 3°C, before eventually cooling again.




Remnants of a glacier iceberg in Svalbard, Norway

Consequences of Climate Overshoot

Published on May 19 in Nature Climate Change, the findings reveal that overshooting the 1.5°C limit, even briefly, could cause glaciers to lose up to 16% more of their total mass compared to a world that never exceeds that threshold.

Dr. Fabien Maussion, co-author and Associate Professor in Polar Environmental Change at the University of Bristol, said the results are a clear warning.

“Current climate policies are putting the Earth on a path close to 3°C. It’s clear that such a world is far worse for glaciers than one where the 1.5°C limit is held.”

Published 28th May 2025 by University of Bristol - SciTech Daily
https://scitechdaily.com/why-glacier...ol-the-planet/

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Big US Cities Are Sinking




This map shows how much the major U.S. cities are sinking. The red end of the scale shows the most vertical land motion. Houston, Texas, is the fastest sinking city.

Sinking cities

A study of the 28 most populous cities in the United States found they are all sinking. These cities are home to some 34 million people, or about 12% of the total U.S. population. Researchers at Virginia Tech said on May 8, 2025, that in 25 of 28 cities, at least 65% of the land is sinking. The major cause of the sinking is groundwater extraction.

As cities extract groundwater for human use, if the aquifer is not soon replenished, the spaces left behind compact. And that causes the ground to sink. As city populations continue to grow, and some places experience climate-induced droughts, the scientists said the problem will get worse.

The researchers said some urban areas are sinking by 2 to 10 millimeters, or 0.08 to 0.4 inches per year. That doesn’t sound like much, does it? Yet the effects are still serious. Lead author Leonard Ohenhen, a former Virginia Tech graduate student and now a postdoctoral researcher at the Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, said, "Even slight downward shifts in land can significantly compromise the structural integrity of buildings, roads, bridges and railways over time."

The difference makes a difference

Some areas of cities are sinking faster than others, and that’s a problem. The researchers – who used satellites to take precisely accurate measurements of the land – said the unequal sinking of the land was one of the most harmful effects. The good news is that only 1% of the land area in these cities have enough differential motion to affect buildings, roads and structures.

The bad news is that these areas tend to be in the densely populated urban cores. Co-author Manoochehr Shirzaei at Virginia Tech said, "The latent nature of this risk means that infrastructure can be silently compromised over time with damage only becoming evident when it is severe or potentially catastrophic. This risk is often exacerbated in rapidly expanding urban centers."




Houston, Texas (left), is the fastest-sinking city in the U.S. But there is a visible difference across the city, with red sinking the most. Much of New York City (right) is also slowly sinking. The area sinking fastest is around La Guardia Airport (LGA).

Texas cities have particular problems

Houston is the fastest-sinking city. More than 40% of its land has been sinking at a rate of more than 5 millimeters (about 1/5 inch) per year. And 12% of Houston is sinking at twice that rate. But the news is not good for other Texas cities, either. Dallas and Forth Worth are not far behind. San Antonio and Austin’s highest risk areas are in their dense urban cores. One of the reasons Texas sees more sinking is because the problem is made worse due to extractions of oil and gas.

Other sources of sinking

Extraction of groundwater is the cause of about 80% of the sinking. Oil and gas extraction is also one of the factors. But there are other factors as well. When the glaciers advanced over North America some 20,000 years ago, the weight of the ice pressed down on some areas and lifted others. Some of those lifted areas are still settling since the ice retreated. And then there’s the weight of the skyscrapers and other buildings themselves. They’re also contributing to the sinking of some cities.

What can be done as cities are sinking?

The researchers said that monitoring the sinking land was key for urban planning. Some steps to mitigate the risk would include groundwater management, planning for more resilient infrastructure and long-term monitoring. Flooding resulting from the sinking land can be mitigated by raising the land in areas and adding more drainage and green infrastructure to absorb the water.

Published 14th May 2025 by Kelly Kizer Whitt – EarthSky.org
https://earthsky.org/earth/all-major...water-pumping/

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A Scar on the Sun About to Slam Earth With a Solar Wind Burst

Strong Solar Flares Could Follow



A scar-like coronal hole has opened up on the Sun across the solar equator, and the high-speed-stream of solar wind emanating from it is expected to hit Earth May 28th-29th. With its negative polarity, geomagnetic storming is likely, and following right behind it are two large sunspot groups that are growing and flaring, with the larger sunspot group - 4100 - just having launched a big coronal mass ejection out into space, though not Earth-directed.

Critical planetary geometry takes place on May 29-30th as Mercury performs its superior conjunction with the Sun, and increased solar activity and a magnetic storm on Earth is more likely during that time-frame than normal as a result. Complete space weather report by geophysicist Stefan Burns.

Published 27th May 2025 (18:48)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qWz3hzpajwc

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Bad News Betty



The Terrifying Truth about 5G, Wi-Fi & Cell Phone Radiation | Tristan Scott



Danny Jones hosts Tristan Scott, an Electrical Engineer (M.S.) and current Head of Operations & Marketing at Daylight Computer Co. He has deeply researched the connection between electromagnetism and human biology, with a specific interest in how man made electromagnetic fields (EMFs) could have a potential negative impact on human health.

Published 21st April 2025 (2:16:32)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPkZ_q1CrQ8

OUTLINE

00:00 - EMF testing in Danny's home
09:29 - Gov. ban on incandescent lights
19:29 - Utility costs in California
21:25 - Why blue light is toxic
31:59 - Military EMF experiments
40:40 - Phonegate
50:02 - Telecom-funded EMF studies
55:14 - EMFs & leukemia
01:04:44 - The science of 5G
01:13:30 - RFK & the telecommunications act of 1996
01:22:21 - Daylight computer
01:40:04 - Military directed energy weapons
01:48:42 - Electricity is causing chronic disease
02:01:30 - The resilience of human life
02:06:35 - Brian Johnson on EMFs

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Bad News Betty



The Terrifying Truth about 5G, Wi-Fi & Cell Phone Radiation | Tristan Scott



Danny Jones hosts Tristan Scott, an Electrical Engineer (M.S.) and current Head of Operations & Marketing at Daylight Computer Co. He has deeply researched the connection between electromagnetism and human biology, with a specific interest in how man made electromagnetic fields (EMFs) could have a potential negative impact on human health.

Repost from the Dr. Jack Kruse thread on the topic of the Daylight computer, i.e. blue light free computer, and Tristan Scott’s friend/partner, AnjanKatta.

Steve Jobs Warned Us: How Blue Light Technology is Making You Sick | Anjan Katta

• Get a Daylight ($729)
• https://x.com/AnjanKatta
• anjan@daylightcomputer.com

• Danny Jones
• December 30, 2024

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CwcIqRaSbLI

OUTLINE

00:00 - Hanuman the monkey god
02:23 - hindering vs. helpful technology
09:11 - Modern tech is rotten
16:44 - Invention of the computer mouse
17:55 - getting laughed out of Silicon Valley
25:27 - Amusing ourselves to death
30:05 - Steve Jobs Knew the Danger of Blue Light
36:23 - Developing a blue light free computer
45:39 - How phone scrolling affects your breathing
49:51 - The grey alien timeline
56:09 - The solar punk timeline
01:01:38 - Banality of evil
01:06:51 - Daylight Computer
01:14:29 - Raising money / venture capital
01:21:59 - Live demo
01:25:47 - New decentralized computing stack
01:32:33 - Changing media & tech legislation

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#UFO/UAP



Hostile Proximity

Huge UFO compilation from Suspect Sky. Annoying music goes in and out; some amazing clips, some with original sound.

Published 1st January 2025 (55:50)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ERLUPXsTaAM

The largest UFO mass sighting event in modern history is occurring right now. Everywhere. From Wisconsin to Russia, Rome to Mexico, millions are seeing, recording, and experiencing a visitor phenomenon unlike anything in recent memory. What began as "mystery drones" was quickly recognized as a more complex event, with categories of UAP ranging from metallic orbs, black triangles, and plasma lights to organic, shapeshifting, and shimmering craft.

Disclosure has already happened. Quietly. And now the world lives in a vast ecology of these beings in the sky.

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The Umbrella Satellite




The Satellite That Sees Through Forests | Biomass Mission



ESA’s state-of-the-art Biomass mission is designed to provide new insights into the health and evolution of the world’s forests, helping us understand how they are changing over time and their critical role in the global carbon cycle.

Published 23rd April 2025 (2:29)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BSFIbIQKeFc

Biomass satellite demonstrates skills

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Saturday Morning Cartoons





Little Audrey vs The Martians

"Dizzy Dishes"

I like it when Little Audrey laughs

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9wueSzi-BmE

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June Mega-Post

Everything You’ll See in the Night Sky June 2025 — It’s a Stunning Month



(7:43)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NZDbKMeUX7Q

@SpaceWithSam

Was waiting for this, the background music never gets old.


All Saints Days




Sky dome map for visible planets and night sky




Full Moon in Sagittarius June 11th 2025



(38:34)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=p7wAoBK0Gb0

Heliocentric solar system visible planets and more




Swoon of the June Moon

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Voyager

https://x.com/NASAVoyager/status/1925589714599649542

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Ghost Teases 19th-Century Pub By Knocking Off Paintings and Glasses



Staff at a 'haunted' pub claim they're being teased by a 'friendly ghost' they've affectionately named Paul, as he is known at the Fox & Hounds in Eckington, Derbyshire.

Published 24th February 2025 (0:45)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AUNLNcvUN3A

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Stunning 8K-resolution photos of the Sun

Never Before Seen





Incredible new images of the sun's surface provide an unprecedented view of raging sunspots and solar activity.

A new high-resolution camera system developed by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) for the Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT), located at the Observatorio del Teide in Tenerife, reconstructed views of the sun with an 8K image resolution for the first time, according to a statement from AIP.

Solar observations often face a trade-off between field of view and resolution. Large solar telescopes provide high-resolution images but cover limited areas, while smaller instruments can monitor the entire solar disk but lack fine detail.




Yesterday ... and today

However, the VTT offers both a wide field of view and commendable spatial resolution. The integration of the new camera system enhances this capability, allowing for comprehensive and detailed studies of active solar regions.

Published 1st June 2025 by Samantha Mathewson – Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/space/th...aging-sunspots

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Edge of the Atlantic (Slow TV) | discovery+ Immersions



Waves dance beneath an overcast sky that reveals the tumultuous coastline of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, as they recurve and recreate its dunes and beaches.

(52:19)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DSlqsHixn0k