{"id":23109,"date":"2017-08-01T07:20:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thunderbolts.info\/wp\/?p=23109"},"modified":"2017-08-01T07:21:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:21:21","slug":"under-the-sun-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thunderbolts.info\/wp\/2017\/08\/01\/under-the-sun-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Each color represents a different wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. Credit: NASA\/SDO\/GSFC Visualization Studio<\/p><\/div>\n

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Aug 1, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sun displays electric arc behavior.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sun is new each day.
\n— Heraclitus<\/p>\n

The Electronic Sun theory<\/a>\u00a0presupposes that sunspots, flares, coronal heating, and coronal mass ejections are due to changes in the Sun’s galactic electrical supply. The contention is that the Sun is powered externally, and is not a fusion reactor. Instead,\u00a0Birkeland current filaments<\/a>\u00a0carry electricity through the Milky Way, supplying the Sun with variable power.<\/p>\n

The circuits in which Birkeland currents circulate generate magnetic fields, so their helical shape is known, since it can be seen. Plasma\u2019s behavior is driven by conditions in those circuits. Fluctuations in current flow form double layers with enormous voltages between them. This means that electric forces in double layers can be several orders of magnitude stronger than gravity. Double layers separate plasma into cells that can have different temperatures or densities.<\/p>\n

According to a recent press<\/a> release, heliophysicists, using data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Big Bear Solar Observatory in the San Bernardino mountains of California, think a method for supplying some heat to the solar corona was identified in the observations.<\/p>\n

Junwei Zhao from Stanford University said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see certain kinds of solar seismic waves channeling upwards into the lower atmosphere, called the chromosphere, and from there, into the corona.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an Electric Universe, rather than electromagnetism acting like “…railroad tracks, guiding the waves as they move up through the atmosphere…”, plasma discharge behavior is the best model for solar activity. Laboratory experiments reveal that a plasma torus forms around an electrically energized sphere,\u00a0creating plasma discharges between the sphere’s middle and lower latitudes. Those discharges are called “spicules”, and are also known as \u201canode tufts\u201d, a laboratory plasma discharge effect expected from a positively charged\u00a0Sun.<\/p>\n

Sunspot filaments, or “z-pinches”, are seen in sunspot penumbrae, indicating that they are charge vortices. Looking down into a sunspots means seeing rotating discharge columns in profile. Electric discharges in plasma form hollow tendrils. Their centers are dark, where convection cells would appear darker at their edges.\u00a0The fact that sunspots have darker and cooler regions means that the Sun is cooler in its interior.<\/p>\n

Another way in which conventional thinking differs from Electric Universe proposals is that most heliophysicists see the Sun as a giant amplifier, accelerating solar plasmas into space in the same way that sound waves travel through \u201cacoustical wave-guides\u201d. As mentioned, however, it is spicules<\/a>,\u00a0rising thousands of kilometers above the photosphere, that carry ionized plasma with them.<\/p>\n

Since the Sun is the locus of positive charge with respect to interstellar plasma, sunspots appear when electric discharges penetrate the photosphere, allowing electric charge to flow into its depths. Electromagnetic flux tubes (sunspot filaments) expose the Sun\u2019s cooler interior. The idea of kinetic heat transfer from the Sun’s core cannot be supported by any observations.<\/p>\n

Multiple loops and arches connect sunspots and rise up from the photosphere, penetrating the chromosphere. The chromosphere is a plasma sheath<\/a>, or\u00a0double layer region\u00a0of the Sun, where most of its electrical energy is contained. When electric charge flowing into the Sun\u2019s plasma sheath increases beyond a critical threshold it triggers sudden solar flares and prominence eruptions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Powerful electric fields generate secondary toroidal magnetic fields that\u00a0surround the eruptions. When current grows too strong, the plasma double layer is destroyed, interrupting the charge flow, and allowing stored electromagnetic energy to blast into space. Solar flares, therefore, can be thought of as solar lightning bursts, discharging vast quantities of matter at near relativistic speeds.<\/p>\n

This underscores Electric Universe advocate\u00a0Wal Thornhill\u2019s assertions:<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter 100 years of neglect, an electrical model of stars is just beginning to emerge. It is an engineer\u2019s view that offers a coherent understanding of our real place in the universe (cosmology) and practical insights for the future exploration of space. If the Sun shines as an electric light \u2018plugged in\u2019 to the Electric Universe, the objective tests become obvious. Perhaps, with a real understanding of stars we may reach childhood\u2019s end in the cosmos.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stephen Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Aug 1, 2017 The Sun displays electric arc behavior. The sun is new each day. — Heraclitus The Electronic Sun theory\u00a0presupposes that sunspots, flares, coronal heating, and coronal mass ejections are due to changes in the Sun’s galactic electrical supply. The contention is that the Sun is powered externally,…<\/p>\n

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