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The end of the 2009 movie "Knowing" shows Earth destroyed by a solar flare.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQEh5_pSbd4 Is this even remotely possible? I was under the impression that solar flares might be able to knock out satellites, but that's about it. |
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Dear Glen Watson:
On Aug 12, 12:43*pm, "Glen Watson" wrote: The end of the 2009 movie "Knowing" shows Earth destroyed by a solar flare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQEh5_pSbd4 Is this even remotely possible? Ending life as we know it, yes. Very remotely. Breaking the planet up, no, very unlikely. I was under the impression that solar flares might be able to knock out satellites, but that's about it. Depends on the mass involved, and its proximity to Earth and for how long. David A. Smith |
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"dlzc" wrote in message ... Dear Glen Watson: On Aug 12, 12:43 pm, "Glen Watson" wrote: The end of the 2009 movie "Knowing" shows Earth destroyed by a solar flare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQEh5_pSbd4 Is this even remotely possible? Ending life as we know it, yes. Very remotely. Breaking the planet up, no, very unlikely. I was under the impression that solar flares might be able to knock out satellites, but that's about it. Depends on the mass involved, and its proximity to Earth and for how long. David A. Smith One of the characters in the movie wants to go deep into a cave to attempt to survive the flare but is told that the radiation could kill up to one mile deep. If we had advance notice of a killer solar storm, could we create some kind of shelter that could keep enough people and other life forms alive until it was safe to repopulate the planet? |
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"Glen Watson" wrote in message ... The end of the 2009 movie "Knowing" shows Earth destroyed by a solar flare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQEh5_pSbd4 Is this even remotely possible? Bwhahahahaha! 1) The speed at which the flames advance across the city is pathetically slow. 2) They would require atmosphere (oxygen) to be present, not just heat. 3) After 4,000,000,000 years it still hasn't happened. I was under the impression that solar flares might be able to knock out satellites, but that's about it. I get some break-up of digital signal in the summer time from Bluebell Hill transmissions, does that count? http://www.ukfree.tv/txdetail.php?a=TQ757613 --Androcles |
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Dear Glen Watson:
On Aug 12, 1:41*pm, "Glen Watson" wrote: "dlzc" wrote in message ... On Aug 12, 12:43 pm, "Glen Watson" wrote: .... The end of the 2009 movie "Knowing" shows Earth destroyed by a solar flare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQEh5_pSbd4 Is this even remotely possible? Ending life as we know it, yes. *Very remotely. *Breaking the planet up, no, very unlikely. I was under the impression that solar flares might be able to knock out satellites, but that's about it. Depends on the mass involved, and its proximity to Earth and for how long. One of the characters in the movie wants to go deep into a cave to attempt to survive the flare but is told that the radiation could kill up to one mile deep. It is always a good idea to climb into one's grave prior to the end, but 6 feet is usually enough. If we had advance notice of a killer solar storm, could we create some kind of shelter that could keep enough people and other life forms alive http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...lds-seeds.html until it was safe to repopulate the planet? If it was "energetic radiation" that 1 mile of depth was required for adequate protection, then no, the planet is dead. Everything is sterilized and we depend on even microorganisms to survive. The ozone produced would have decayed in a month or so so that it was safe to breathe... If it was just thermally so hot that it required 1 mile of depth as enough insulation for adequate protection, then no, you are sealed into a rock prison with hundreds of feet of molten lava sealing you in. And if you did break out, there would be little atmosphere left to greet you. But it is fiction, and I am not sure what Mr. Cage's infatuation with prescience is, but it is not serving him well. But I guess you can only make "National Treasure" once... and he still has to eat... David A. Smith |
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On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:43:06 -0700, "Glen Watson" wrote:
The end of the 2009 movie "Knowing" shows Earth destroyed by a solar flare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQEh5_pSbd4 Is this even remotely possible? Naw. "The Year of the Jackpot" by Heinlein is a pretty good story. Bud |
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Glen Watson wrote:
The end of the 2009 movie "Knowing" shows Earth destroyed by a solar flare. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQEh5_pSbd4 Is this even remotely possible? I was under the impression that solar flares might be able to knock out satellites, but that's about it. I got the feeling that the movie would've been more believable if the calamity that was approaching was the Sun turning into a red giant ahead of schedule. But of course that's not scheduled to happen for another 5 billion years. So that might stretch suspension-of-disbelief. Of course in only a billion years, the Sun will be 10% brighter and that should be enough to boil off all of the oceans and life as we know it. Just no name for that time period, so you can't menace anybody with it. Oh well. :-) Yousuf Khan |
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