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Strange, Glowing Night Clouds Continue to Spread

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Wired.com-6/13/13, Joe Hanson

 

Just after summer sunsets in northern latitudes, shimmering, wispy clouds appear in the twilight sky. This year, these noctilucent clouds have appeared earlier and farther south than ever before.

Noctilucent clouds exist higher in Earth’s atmosphere than any other cloud type. First observed in 1885 following the eruption of Krakatoa, they were a sight reserved for Earth’s northernmost residents. In recent years, however, their intensity and frequency have increased, often at latitudes previously thought to be too far south for noctilucent clouds to form.

 

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Japan’s Sakurajima volcano awakes with a series of powerful explosions Posted on June 14, 2013

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TheExtinctionProtocol-June 14, 2013

 

June 13, 2013 – JAPAN – After 10 days of almost no activity, the volcano has woken up violently with 3 powerful explosions last night (at 22:05 and 23:58 UTC, ash plumes to 10-13,000 ft) and this morning at 04:26. The eruption this morning appears to be one of the largest explosions for a long time, producing an ash plume rising to 16-20,000 ft (5-6 km) altitude. An SO2 plume is also visible on satellite data. Tokyo VAAC issued a warning of an ash plume drifting SE at flight level 200 (20,000 ft altitude), s. graphic.
 
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India Monsoons: Record Rainfall Continues as Earth Continues Cleansing

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Accuweather.com - 6/14/13, Jim Andrews

Enjoying the spray from high waves striking the coast at Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 13, 2013. Unbeknownst to most people other than mariners, strong southwesterly winds of the Indian Summer Monsoon were busily at work over the open Arabian Sea, as they would be each year in June, heaping up the high waves that eventually roll ashore on India's west coast. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

In northern India, parts of Punjab and Haryana have already got the first heavy falls of rain two to three weeks ahead of the historical average Monsoon onset.

Isolated pre-Monsoon cloudbursts, some with damaging winds, hail and dust storms, have dealt out falls of rain sometimes amounting to many times the historical average amount for June in Pakistan and northwest India.

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Very strong M 6.7 earthquake struck near Christmass Islands

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The Watchers-6/13/13, Chillymanjaro

 

 

Strong earthquake registered as M 6.7 (USGS/EMSC) struck near Christmass Islands, south of Java, Indonesia on June 13, 2013 at 16:47 UTC. The epicenter was located 170km (106miles) ENE of Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Islands and 313km (194miles) SSW of Kawalu and Singaparna, Indonesia at coordinates 10.030°S 107.182°E. The epicenter was at depth around 10 km.

This was an intra-oceanic plate earthquake and no tsunami was generated.

The oceanic plate where the earthquake occurred is moving north-east below Indonesia. This is a shallow outer rise tensional event due to plate bending into subduction zone. This Oceanic plate is bending and the stresses in this plate have triggered the earthquake.

Link: TheWatchers.com

 

 

Severe Weather Hits Upper Midwest

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Cnn.com - 6/12/13, Greg Bothelo

 

A fast-moving storm system struck parts of the Upper Midwest hard on Wednesday evening, delivering blows to Chicago and many other communities before moving quickly to inflict damage farther east.

The Windy City itself experienced gusts that measured about 50 mph around 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET), in addition to dime-size hail, the National Weather Service's Chicago branch said.

 

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June 2013 guide to the five visible planets

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EarthSky.com - 6/13/13, Bruce McClure

 

Let the dazzling planet Venus guide you to the fainter (yet still bright) planet Mercury in June 2013

 

Venus and Mercury are visible in the western sky after sunset in June 2013. Jupiter was there early in the month, but is gone after the first week, only to return before dawn in late July 2013 for a spectacular conjunction with Mars in the predawn sky. For the Northern Hemisphere, June will provide the best evening showing of Mercury for 2013. Better yet, you can use Venus, the sky’s most brilliant planet, to locate nearby Mercury. Meanwhile, Saturn – shines noticeably brightly and highest up for the night around nightfall.

Link: EarthSky.org

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