Important Takeaways:
- For the first time in 71 years, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, a.k.a. the “Mother of Dragons” or “Devil comet,” is coming relatively close to the sun.
- This unusually large comet is estimated to be as big as Mount Everest, and it gets its nickname “Devil comet” from the horn-shaped outbursts located in its coma — the localized cloud of gas, dust, and ice particles that wraps the comet’s solid nucleus in a nebulous envelope.
- During the total solar eclipse, when the moon completely eclipses the sun, the skies will darken enough that you may barely be able to see the Devil comet with your naked eye.
- In close-up photos, the comet appears as a green streak in the sky due to the high levels of dicarbon it contains that emit green light. But, if you spot it during totality on Monday, the comet will likely show up as a tiny gray smudge.
- During the eclipse, the Devil comet will still be two weeks away from reaching its closest distance to the sun, which is when it would be at its brightest.
- If you don’t see the comet on April 8, try again in the days leading up to April 21, when it will be nearest to the sun and brightest.
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Important Takeaways:
- Could it be possible that history is about to repeat itself? On April 8th, the Great American Eclipse of 2024 will complete the giant “X” over America that the Great American Eclipse of 2017 started. Meanwhile, the Devil Comet will be racing through our solar system for the first time in 71 years. Most of you already know all this.
- But what is not widely known is that we have seen this same pattern before. In 1811, a solar eclipse finished the giant “X” over the heartland of America that a solar eclipse in 1806 had started, and meanwhile Tecumseh’s Comet was making headlines all over the nation as it raced through the heavens. Approximately three months after the giant “X” over America was completed, cataclysmic earthquakes began erupting along the New Madrid fault.
- A remarkable total solar eclipse crossed the entire continental United States from the west coast to the east coast on June 16th, 1806…
- On June 16, 1806, a total solar eclipse crossed the North America from Baja California to Massachusetts. This was a long duration eclipse with nearly 5 minutes totality at the point of greatest eclipse. While the western United States was sparsely populated, this eclipse did pass over Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
- That was the first half of the giant “X” over America in the early 1800s.
- The second half was formed by the path of a “ring of fire” solar eclipse that took place on September 17th, 1811.
- This eclipse was so widely anticipated that even Thomas Jefferson wrote about it…
- But in 1811, when the solar eclipse that occurred on Constitution Day was visible in central Virginia, that is exactly what Thomas Jefferson did.
- On September 17, he diligently recorded his observations in his weather journal. He noted the times when the moon first “contacted” the sun, when the annulus (ring shape) formed, when the annulus broke, and when the contact ended. He also indicated the central time of the contact and the central time of the annulus. According to Jefferson’s observations, the entire event lasted 3 hours, 15 minutes, and 34 seconds.
- The paths of those two eclipses intersected in the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio…
- Approximately three months after the eclipse of 1811 completed the giant “X” over America, the New Madrid fault zone started to go absolutely nuts.
- To this day, we have never seen earthquakes of such destructive power in the continental United States…
- Just before the earthquakes started, Tecumseh’s Comet made a spectacular appearance…
- The earthquakes were preceded by the appearance of a great comet, which was visible around the globe for seventeen months, and was at its brightest during the earthquakes. The comet, with an orbit of 3,065 years, was last seen during the time of Ramses II in Egypt. In 1811-1812, it was called “Tecumseh’s Comet” (or “Napoleon’s Comet” in Europe).
- Here in 2024, the “Devil Comet” has made a spectacular appearance just before the Great American Eclipse of 2024 finishes the giant “X” over America that the Great American Eclipse of 2017 started.
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Important Takeaways:
- 3 Very Unusual Things That Are Happening In The Heavens Right Now
- #1 A massive geomagnetic storm hit the Earth on Sunday.
- The good news is that this storm was not strong enough to damage our power grids.
- But it did create “a major disturbance in Earth’s magnetic field”, and CBS News is reporting that we should keep a close eye on the sun because “more X-class flares are possible through Wednesday”…
- #2 The Devil Comet continues to race through the solar system and could soon be visible to the naked eye.
- It only comes around once every 71 years.
- Now the “Devil Comet” is here, and we are being told that it is likely that we will be able to see it with the naked eye by the end of this month…
- #3 A lunar eclipse painted the sky red over much of the planet on Monday.
- In recent years, there has been a tremendous amount of speculation about what blood moons might mean.
- Very early on Monday morning, we got to witness one of these blood moons…
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