The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip: every 11 years!

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Re: The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip: every 11 year

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After a period of relative quiet, larger sunspots have come into view.

Sunspots AR1817 and AR1818 pose a growing threat for M-class solar flares.

http://www.spaceweather.com

Already we have had some recent C-class solar flares. http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5m.html

To arcmode:
My husband likes to compare sunspots with volcanoes. Although the outside of the volcano may be cold, hot molten lava can burst through the dome or through vents as can be seen through videos of the most active Hawaiian volcano.

Magnetic solar filaments often leap from sunspots. These filaments often interact with filaments from other sunspots forming dramatic and brilliant arcs. There are some fascinating videos available online. Our electro-magnetic sun is fascinating. We are also electric magnet or we would not be alive.

Christ said that He is Light, and light is electro-magnetic with photons exhibiting both wave and particle properties.

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I think the Light that Christ is is the Uncreated kind. But I'm sure the properties of created light are symbolic in some way of the Uncreated Light. :)

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jgress wrote:

I think the Light that Christ is is the Uncreated kind. But I'm sure the properties of created light are symbolic in some way of the Uncreated Light. :)

Yes, thanks for your correct response.

Since Christ is Perfect Man and Perfect God, would not His human nature have electro-magnetic properties and show properties of created light (as can be seen in infra-red radiation night vision equipment), while His Divine nature would be Uncreated Light?

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Sure, His human body on earth reflected light like any other human body. But when Christ says "I am Light" I don't think He means the kind of light that we analyze as wave-particles.

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jgress wrote:

Sure, His human body on earth reflected light like any other human body. But when Christ says "I am Light" I don't think He means the kind of light that we analyze as wave-particles.

You are correct. He as God is the Uncreated Light.

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Update: Did you feel it?

After weeks of quiet, solar activity is picking up. New sunspot AR1817 is crackling with C- and M-class solar flares. An M1.5-class eruption on August 12th (1041 UT) created a wave of ionization in the upper atmosphere above Europe and might have hurled a coronal mass ejection [CME] toward Earth. Stay tuned for updates.

http://www.spaceweather.com

Take a look at this graph of the C- and M-class solar flares:

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5m.html

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I'm a simple-minded person. Basically, my question is...so what of it? Will there be something special that will happen?

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