Re: Cerenkov light

["Eric Gisse" <jowr.pi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorcerer wrote:
> "andy everett" <vze2qxq3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> | Sorcerer wrote:
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> | > "Helmut Wabnig" <.... .-- .- -... -. .. --. @ .- --- -. DOT .- -> wrote 
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> | > | There are not so many Cerenkov light fotos around,
> | > | while cleaning up my mess here I found an old picture.
> | > | If you are interested look at
> | > | http://www.members.aon.at/hwabnig/SeibersdorfReactor1967.jpg
> | > | That photograph dates back  1967, quality is not overwhelming.
> | > | There were about 10 meters of water downwards and on the surface
> | > | they had a small yellow rubber duck swimming because the water
> | > | is absolutely clear, surface almost invisible.
> | > | Unfortunately the duck had left the nest at the time of the photo.
> | > | Seibersdorf is near Vienna, Austria. The reactor is history.
> | > | w.
> | >
> | > Here's some much nicer pictures of Cherenkov radiation:
> | >  http://www.ptialaska.net/~hutch/nlboat.jpg
> | >  http://www.aldebaran.cz/actions/2002_aurora/aurora/180.jpg
> | >  http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/aurora/images2003/31oct03/Zhu3.jpg
> | >  http://www.my-spot.com/images/wbf-aurora-1024.jpg
> | >
> |
> | Nice pictures, different physics. See:
> |
> | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_%28astronomy%29
>
> I wouldn't give wackypedia the time of day, it is written by fuckwitted
> sheep and Einstein dingleberries all bleating the same baa.
>
> Charged particles travelling at velocities greater than 300,000 km/sec
> in atmosphere cause Cherenkov radiation, and that's just what is
> happening with the aurora as these images clearly demonstrate.
>  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980222.html
>  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050219.html
>  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970402.html
>  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050222.html

No, retardo. That is not what the aurora is.

www.google.com aurora

>
> Different physics my arse.
> Have a solar tsunami:
>  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061213.html