Mysteries of Deep Space: Black Holes
SpaceRip asked:
Part 4 of 6. Explores the revolution in astronomy launched by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Forex Autotrader Review
Steve Comet asked:
Forex trading is a big market, that is true, and it is constantly expanding with more and more people getting into it. Of course, the point of joining is to make money and as such, there are systems or softwares which would let you trade without having to be in front of the computer the entire time. Sounds great, right? I’m sure many of you would want to take advantage of such a great innovation as it would mean more time for yourself, your family and friends all the while you are still continuously earning money. But ask yourself this question, how effective are these Forex systems? So you’ve read a bunch of Forex auto trader reviews, but are you sure that they are true?
The thing with a Forex auto trader review is that they would tell you what the software can and can’t do, how it would help you to be more profitable and how easy it is to use. But before you jump into the bandwagon of that certain autotrader’s bandwagon of clients, ponder this for a moment. Did you know that the most effective Forex systems are the ones that are customized to your needs? This is because not all systems are built and nor do they work the exact same way. Thus, they vary just like the traders themselves. Point is, what works for your neighbor might not necessarily work wonders for you as well.
So here’s a simple questionnaire that might help you find that perfect Forex system for yourself.
1. Can you operate the software well? These systems aren’t complicated at all to use but of course for it to function efficiently you must know how to operate them. So try it using a demo run before you use it for actual trading. Remember that just like your shoes, comfort is key and the more at ease you are with a software, the better it will be.
2. How much do you trade? How much money you can make off the Forex trading market, depends upon how much you actually trade. So don’t expect to make a million dollars with your $1000 input. The bigger you put in, the higher the risk and as such, if you trade “big time” you should choose a software that can handle the amount of money you trade each and every time. Some softwares were built for small time trading so be wary of those.
3. How well do you know the Forex market? Autotraders are fun, helpful tools but they won’t be of much use if you don’t actually know how the market works. Basically, the more you know about the market’s ins and outs, the better your chances are at succeeding and being profitable. Top that off with the use of an autotrader and you might just be on your way to the top.
So there you have it folks. Though this isn’t your typical Forex Autotrader Review by any means, I hope this helped you a bit with choosing a Forex system that is suited to your needs. There might not be any perfect or proven formula for success in the Forex market but there is, however, a “right one” to help you be a more efficient, successful and profitable trader.
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Forex trading is a big market, that is true, and it is constantly expanding with more and more people getting into it. Of course, the point of joining is to make money and as such, there are systems or softwares which would let you trade without having to be in front of the computer the entire time. Sounds great, right? I’m sure many of you would want to take advantage of such a great innovation as it would mean more time for yourself, your family and friends all the while you are still continuously earning money. But ask yourself this question, how effective are these Forex systems? So you’ve read a bunch of Forex auto trader reviews, but are you sure that they are true?
The thing with a Forex auto trader review is that they would tell you what the software can and can’t do, how it would help you to be more profitable and how easy it is to use. But before you jump into the bandwagon of that certain autotrader’s bandwagon of clients, ponder this for a moment. Did you know that the most effective Forex systems are the ones that are customized to your needs? This is because not all systems are built and nor do they work the exact same way. Thus, they vary just like the traders themselves. Point is, what works for your neighbor might not necessarily work wonders for you as well.
So here’s a simple questionnaire that might help you find that perfect Forex system for yourself.
1. Can you operate the software well? These systems aren’t complicated at all to use but of course for it to function efficiently you must know how to operate them. So try it using a demo run before you use it for actual trading. Remember that just like your shoes, comfort is key and the more at ease you are with a software, the better it will be.
2. How much do you trade? How much money you can make off the Forex trading market, depends upon how much you actually trade. So don’t expect to make a million dollars with your $1000 input. The bigger you put in, the higher the risk and as such, if you trade “big time” you should choose a software that can handle the amount of money you trade each and every time. Some softwares were built for small time trading so be wary of those.
3. How well do you know the Forex market? Autotraders are fun, helpful tools but they won’t be of much use if you don’t actually know how the market works. Basically, the more you know about the market’s ins and outs, the better your chances are at succeeding and being profitable. Top that off with the use of an autotrader and you might just be on your way to the top.
So there you have it folks. Though this isn’t your typical Forex Autotrader Review by any means, I hope this helped you a bit with choosing a Forex system that is suited to your needs. There might not be any perfect or proven formula for success in the Forex market but there is, however, a “right one” to help you be a more efficient, successful and profitable trader.
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Cynic – The Space For This
N3croyeti asked:
Second track from Traced in Air. Original mp3: 346 seconds, 283kbit (VBR) Add &fmt=18 to the url, slap on some cans and max out the volume for best results. Paul Masvidal: guitar and robo-vox Sean Reinert: drums Sean Malone: bass, chapman Tymon Kruidenier: guitar, growls
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Can anyone point me to some good reference sites?
Erinn_ asked:
I have a project on Asteroids, Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites, and Comets due around April, and I need gather notes for my outline.
Research sites are appreciated.
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I have a project on Asteroids, Meteoroids, Meteors, Meteorites, and Comets due around April, and I need gather notes for my outline.
Research sites are appreciated.
http://www.badcreditfinances.info
Mexican Unidentified Flying Objects – Green Fireball Sightings
Joy Healey asked:
Amazing reports of sightings of Green Fireball Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) have captivated ufologists for years.
Here’s a taster of what can be found in official reports. It was precisely midnight on September 18, 1954 when my telephone rang. It was Jim Phalen, a friend of mine from the Long Beach Press-Telegram, and he had a “good flying saucer report,” hot off the wires. He read it to me. The lead line was: With thousands of people tonight witnessing a huge fireball, which light up the dark New Mexico skies.”
The story went on to tell about how a “blinding green” fireball the size of a full moon had silently streaked southeast across Colorado and northern New Mexico at eight-forty that night. Thousands of people had seen the fireball. It had passed right over a crowded football stadium at Santa Fe, New Mexico, and people in Denver said it “turned night into day.” Witnessed by the crew of a TWA airliner flying into Albuquerque from Amarillo,. Every police and newspaper switchboard in the two-state area was jammed with calls.
One of the calls was from a man inquiring if anything unusual had happened recently. Heaving an audible sigh of relief after being told about the strange fireball he said, “Thanks – I was afraid I’d gotten some bad bourbon.” And he hung up.
Dr. Lincoln La Paz, world-famous authority on meteorites and head of the University of New Mexico’s Institute of Meteoritics, apparently did not flinch when told of the sighting. The wire story said he had told a reporter that he would plot its course, try to determine where it landed, and go out and try to find it. “But,” he said, “I don’t expect to find anything.”
When Jim Phalen had read the rest of the report he asked, “What was it?”
“It sounds to me like the green fireballs are back,” I answered.
“What the devil are green fireballs?” asked Jim.
What the devil are green fireballs? I’d like to know. So would a lot of other people.
The green fireballs streaked into UFO history late in November 1948, when people around Albuquerque, New Mexico, began to report seeing mysterious “green flares” at night. The first reports mentioned only a “green streak in the sky,” low on the horizon. From the description the Air Force Intelligence people at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque and the Project Sign people at ATIC wrote the objects off as flares.
But as days passed the reports got better. For instance the report at 9:27 P.M. on December 5 by Captain Goede flying an Air Force C-47 at 18,000 feet 10 miles east of Albuquerque. The crew, were startled by a sudden green ball of fire flashing across the sky ahead of them. At first sight appearing to be a huge meteor except that it was a bright green color and it didn’t characteristically arch downward, as meteors usually do.
After conferring quickly the crew agreed to report the incident, especially as they had seen an similar object twenty-two minutes earlier near Las Vegas, New Mexico.
The captain of Pioneer Airlines Flight 63 called Kirtland Tower a few minutes after the incident. At 9:35 P.M. he had also seen a green ball of fire just east of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Observing the object apparently traveling on collision course with their airplane, it changed color from orange red to green. With the object becoming larger and larger, the captain said, he thought sure it was going to collide with them, so he took avoiding action by steering the DC-3 up in a tight turn. As the green ball of fire got abreast of them it began to fall toward the ground, getting dimmer and dimmer until it disappeared. In a split second they realized whatever they saw was too low and had too flat a trajectory to be a meteor. He was on his way to Albuquerque and would make a full report when he landed.
More reports had also been phoned in from all over northern New Mexico. By the morning, a detailed investigation had begun. The military was getting a little edgy about the uncertainty of these green fireball sightings.
Since the green fireballs bore some resemblance to meteors or meteorites, the Kirtland intelligence officers called in specialist Dr. Lincoln La Paz.
True, he said, the description of the fireballs was similar to that of meteorites. One way to be sure was to try to plot the flight path of the green fireballs to determine where they would have hit the earth if they were meteorites.
After considering many sightings they finally plotted where they should have struck the earth and searched the area but found nothing. They went back over the area time and time again – nothing. As Dr. Later La Paz confided that this was the first time he seriously doubted that the green fire-balls were meteorites.
A couple of days later fireball sightings were being report reported almost every night. The intelligence officers from Kirtland decided that maybe they could get a good look at one of them, so on the night of December 8 two officers took off in an airplane just before dark and began to cruise around north of Albuquerque. A carefully created plan was constructed for each person to concentrate on a specific detail when observing one of the green fireballs. At 6:33 P.M. they saw one. This is their report.
At 6:33 P.M. while flying at an indicated altitude of 11,500 feet, a strange phenomenon was observed. Exact position of the aircraft at time of the observation was 20 miles east of the Las Vegas, N.M., radio range station. With me as copilot, and the aircraft on a compass course of 90 degrees. I first observed the object, a split second later the pilot also saw it. It was 2,000 feet higher, and was approaching our plane at a rapid rate from 30 degrees on our port side. The object was similar in appearance to a burning green flare, the kind that is commonly used in the Air Force. However, the light was too intense, and the object appeared considerably larger to be considered as a normal flare. At first sight, the trajectory of the object was almost flat and parallel to the earth. The phenomenon lasted about 2 seconds. At the end of this time the object seemed to begin to burn out and the trajectory then dropped off rapidly. The phenomenon was of such intensity as to be visible from the very moment it ignited.
Back at Wright-Patterson AFB, the main interest was to review all incoming UFO reports and see if the green fireball reports were actually unique to the Albuquerque area. They were. Numerous sightings of the UFOs were reported in other parts of the U.S., none fit the description of the green fireballs.
Continually throughout December 1948 and January 1949, the skies of New Mexico seemed full of green fireballs. Everyone, including the intelligence officers at Kirtland AFB, Air Defense Command people, Dr. La Paz, and some of the most distinguished scientists at Los Alamos had seen at least one.
In mid-February 1949 a conference was called at Los Alamos to deter
Amazing reports of sightings of Green Fireball Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) have captivated ufologists for years.
Here’s a taster of what can be found in official reports. It was precisely midnight on September 18, 1954 when my telephone rang. It was Jim Phalen, a friend of mine from the Long Beach Press-Telegram, and he had a “good flying saucer report,” hot off the wires. He read it to me. The lead line was: With thousands of people tonight witnessing a huge fireball, which light up the dark New Mexico skies.”
The story went on to tell about how a “blinding green” fireball the size of a full moon had silently streaked southeast across Colorado and northern New Mexico at eight-forty that night. Thousands of people had seen the fireball. It had passed right over a crowded football stadium at Santa Fe, New Mexico, and people in Denver said it “turned night into day.” Witnessed by the crew of a TWA airliner flying into Albuquerque from Amarillo,. Every police and newspaper switchboard in the two-state area was jammed with calls.
One of the calls was from a man inquiring if anything unusual had happened recently. Heaving an audible sigh of relief after being told about the strange fireball he said, “Thanks – I was afraid I’d gotten some bad bourbon.” And he hung up.
Dr. Lincoln La Paz, world-famous authority on meteorites and head of the University of New Mexico’s Institute of Meteoritics, apparently did not flinch when told of the sighting. The wire story said he had told a reporter that he would plot its course, try to determine where it landed, and go out and try to find it. “But,” he said, “I don’t expect to find anything.”
When Jim Phalen had read the rest of the report he asked, “What was it?”
“It sounds to me like the green fireballs are back,” I answered.
“What the devil are green fireballs?” asked Jim.
What the devil are green fireballs? I’d like to know. So would a lot of other people.
The green fireballs streaked into UFO history late in November 1948, when people around Albuquerque, New Mexico, began to report seeing mysterious “green flares” at night. The first reports mentioned only a “green streak in the sky,” low on the horizon. From the description the Air Force Intelligence people at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque and the Project Sign people at ATIC wrote the objects off as flares.
But as days passed the reports got better. For instance the report at 9:27 P.M. on December 5 by Captain Goede flying an Air Force C-47 at 18,000 feet 10 miles east of Albuquerque. The crew, were startled by a sudden green ball of fire flashing across the sky ahead of them. At first sight appearing to be a huge meteor except that it was a bright green color and it didn’t characteristically arch downward, as meteors usually do.
After conferring quickly the crew agreed to report the incident, especially as they had seen an similar object twenty-two minutes earlier near Las Vegas, New Mexico.
The captain of Pioneer Airlines Flight 63 called Kirtland Tower a few minutes after the incident. At 9:35 P.M. he had also seen a green ball of fire just east of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Observing the object apparently traveling on collision course with their airplane, it changed color from orange red to green. With the object becoming larger and larger, the captain said, he thought sure it was going to collide with them, so he took avoiding action by steering the DC-3 up in a tight turn. As the green ball of fire got abreast of them it began to fall toward the ground, getting dimmer and dimmer until it disappeared. In a split second they realized whatever they saw was too low and had too flat a trajectory to be a meteor. He was on his way to Albuquerque and would make a full report when he landed.
More reports had also been phoned in from all over northern New Mexico. By the morning, a detailed investigation had begun. The military was getting a little edgy about the uncertainty of these green fireball sightings.
Since the green fireballs bore some resemblance to meteors or meteorites, the Kirtland intelligence officers called in specialist Dr. Lincoln La Paz.
True, he said, the description of the fireballs was similar to that of meteorites. One way to be sure was to try to plot the flight path of the green fireballs to determine where they would have hit the earth if they were meteorites.
After considering many sightings they finally plotted where they should have struck the earth and searched the area but found nothing. They went back over the area time and time again – nothing. As Dr. Later La Paz confided that this was the first time he seriously doubted that the green fire-balls were meteorites.
A couple of days later fireball sightings were being report reported almost every night. The intelligence officers from Kirtland decided that maybe they could get a good look at one of them, so on the night of December 8 two officers took off in an airplane just before dark and began to cruise around north of Albuquerque. A carefully created plan was constructed for each person to concentrate on a specific detail when observing one of the green fireballs. At 6:33 P.M. they saw one. This is their report.
At 6:33 P.M. while flying at an indicated altitude of 11,500 feet, a strange phenomenon was observed. Exact position of the aircraft at time of the observation was 20 miles east of the Las Vegas, N.M., radio range station. With me as copilot, and the aircraft on a compass course of 90 degrees. I first observed the object, a split second later the pilot also saw it. It was 2,000 feet higher, and was approaching our plane at a rapid rate from 30 degrees on our port side. The object was similar in appearance to a burning green flare, the kind that is commonly used in the Air Force. However, the light was too intense, and the object appeared considerably larger to be considered as a normal flare. At first sight, the trajectory of the object was almost flat and parallel to the earth. The phenomenon lasted about 2 seconds. At the end of this time the object seemed to begin to burn out and the trajectory then dropped off rapidly. The phenomenon was of such intensity as to be visible from the very moment it ignited.
Back at Wright-Patterson AFB, the main interest was to review all incoming UFO reports and see if the green fireball reports were actually unique to the Albuquerque area. They were. Numerous sightings of the UFOs were reported in other parts of the U.S., none fit the description of the green fireballs.
Continually throughout December 1948 and January 1949, the skies of New Mexico seemed full of green fireballs. Everyone, including the intelligence officers at Kirtland AFB, Air Defense Command people, Dr. La Paz, and some of the most distinguished scientists at Los Alamos had seen at least one.
In mid-February 1949 a conference was called at Los Alamos to deter
Cosmic Ray Storm Brewing
Ian Maclean asked:
When you look up at the daytime sky, the first thing you notice is that the Sun is warm, and bright. The Sun’s radiation is what keeps the Earth habitable. What often gets overlooked is flux in the Sun’s magnetic field, which also has an impact on the entire Solar system, and on the earth.
Recent studies from space borne observatories show that cosmic rays are nearly 20% higher than they’ve been at any other time during the Space Age when we’ve had direct observation of them, and this increase is likely caused by the reduction in the solar magnetic field, which has dropped in intensity to about 4 nanoTeslas from a typical field strength of 6-9 nanoTeslas.
Cosmic rays are typically protons or helium nuclei (with a few other heavier elements thrown in) accelerated to near light speed by stellar processes and supernova explosions. Because they carry a charge, they get deflected by the Sun’s (and Earth’s) magnetic fields. When the Sun goes on a solar minimum (which is usually indicated by a lack of sunspots), the magnetic field of the sun weakens; this magnetic field weakening means that cosmic ray counts go up.
Now, this is all well and good from a pure science perspective, but this is an Astronomy blog. How does the cosmic ray count affect amateur astronomy?
Well, for one, it means that all the satellite observatories we have in orbit are more likely to have problems. It doesn’t take much in the way of a cosmic ray burst (or a solar storm warning) to cause a computer glitch and a loss of data. It also means we don’t get to see the glorious sunspots on the face of the sun through appropriately filtered telescopes.
Somewhat more controversially, cosmic ray counts are also accused of causing global cooling. Without the Sun’s magnetic field, more cosmic rays hit the Earth’s atmosphere, and when they hit the atmosphere with sufficient energy, they appear to trigger clouds. Clouds at the right altitudes (about the same altitudes that cosmic rays interact at) reflect sunlight back into space, increasing the albedo (reflectiveness) of the Earth’s atmosphere. More clouds mean cooler temperatures…and of course, more clouds means fewer nights where you can watch the stars.
We do know that the last two recorded ‘cold snaps’ (the Maunder Minimum and the Dalton Minimum) corresponded to cooler global temperatures, a higher percentage of days recorded in almanacs as being cloudy, and failed crops around the world. Whether or not we’re heading into another one is open to debate, but recordings of the Earth’s climate have shown a drop of 0.7 C since 1998, as the solar cycle has wound down. Since 2008, we’ve had several months on the sun with no sun spots, a weakening solar magnetic field, and rapid cooling that falls outside of anyone’s climate models.
Does this mean that Global Warming is a myth? We do know that running uncontrolled experiments on the amount of CO2 the atmosphere can have on the only habitable planet we’ve got isn’t terribly wise. However, it does seem that there are more factors for global temperature than show up in the commonly cited climate models. This of course needs to be taken in context with the very real facts we know about anthropogenic climate change.
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When you look up at the daytime sky, the first thing you notice is that the Sun is warm, and bright. The Sun’s radiation is what keeps the Earth habitable. What often gets overlooked is flux in the Sun’s magnetic field, which also has an impact on the entire Solar system, and on the earth.
Recent studies from space borne observatories show that cosmic rays are nearly 20% higher than they’ve been at any other time during the Space Age when we’ve had direct observation of them, and this increase is likely caused by the reduction in the solar magnetic field, which has dropped in intensity to about 4 nanoTeslas from a typical field strength of 6-9 nanoTeslas.
Cosmic rays are typically protons or helium nuclei (with a few other heavier elements thrown in) accelerated to near light speed by stellar processes and supernova explosions. Because they carry a charge, they get deflected by the Sun’s (and Earth’s) magnetic fields. When the Sun goes on a solar minimum (which is usually indicated by a lack of sunspots), the magnetic field of the sun weakens; this magnetic field weakening means that cosmic ray counts go up.
Now, this is all well and good from a pure science perspective, but this is an Astronomy blog. How does the cosmic ray count affect amateur astronomy?
Well, for one, it means that all the satellite observatories we have in orbit are more likely to have problems. It doesn’t take much in the way of a cosmic ray burst (or a solar storm warning) to cause a computer glitch and a loss of data. It also means we don’t get to see the glorious sunspots on the face of the sun through appropriately filtered telescopes.
Somewhat more controversially, cosmic ray counts are also accused of causing global cooling. Without the Sun’s magnetic field, more cosmic rays hit the Earth’s atmosphere, and when they hit the atmosphere with sufficient energy, they appear to trigger clouds. Clouds at the right altitudes (about the same altitudes that cosmic rays interact at) reflect sunlight back into space, increasing the albedo (reflectiveness) of the Earth’s atmosphere. More clouds mean cooler temperatures…and of course, more clouds means fewer nights where you can watch the stars.
We do know that the last two recorded ‘cold snaps’ (the Maunder Minimum and the Dalton Minimum) corresponded to cooler global temperatures, a higher percentage of days recorded in almanacs as being cloudy, and failed crops around the world. Whether or not we’re heading into another one is open to debate, but recordings of the Earth’s climate have shown a drop of 0.7 C since 1998, as the solar cycle has wound down. Since 2008, we’ve had several months on the sun with no sun spots, a weakening solar magnetic field, and rapid cooling that falls outside of anyone’s climate models.
Does this mean that Global Warming is a myth? We do know that running uncontrolled experiments on the amount of CO2 the atmosphere can have on the only habitable planet we’ve got isn’t terribly wise. However, it does seem that there are more factors for global temperature than show up in the commonly cited climate models. This of course needs to be taken in context with the very real facts we know about anthropogenic climate change.
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Ancient Meteor Impact May Hold Key to Uranium Exploration Success at Cluff
James Finch asked:
“I look at about 100 different projects a year, most of which go into the round filing cabinet on my floor,” said Tony Harvey, the senior technical advisor to ESO Uranium (TSX: ESO), and formerly a senior manager of Wright Engineers-Fluor Daniels, which was involved with the design and construction of 14 mines worldwide. Harvey quickly ticked off what is necessary to attract his eye, “I need to see history. I need to see signposts before I give it any credence.” So why is he advising little-known ESO Uranium, after a long, prolific career?
“I believe this one has a huge amount of history,” Harvey argued. “Not only have you got the Cluff Lake mine, which already confirms the presence of uranium, but you have got the Shea Creek drilling intercepts which validate it. We have the conductors streaming onto our property. We have the boulders, which is also another sign post.” The boulders, of which Tony Harvey refers, are the six uranium-mineralized boulders near the ESO Uranium project on the company’s Cluff property. Near those boulders, a promising drill hole from the 1970s indicated 0.85% U3O8 over 2.3 meters. It was all but forgotten until the recent explosion of exploration activity in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, an area which has helped Cameco (NYSE: CCJ) grow into a company with a market capitalization of nearly $12 billion.
What ESO Uranium’s geological team will be looking for at the company’s Cluff property are Cluff Lake style uranium deposits in basement rocks with the Carswell structure close to the unconformity with sandstones of the Athabasca group. That was allegedly created by the meteor’s impact.
Drilling in the Meteor’s Wake
“The value of the ore extracted at the Cluff mine, in today’s terms, would be equivalent to $2.6 billion,” explained Harvey. “That’s how much was extracted at the Cluff mine.” The company’s vice president of exploration, Benjamin Ainsworth, who is both a senior geologist and a mining engineer, helped explain the Cluff structure. “A meteorite probably impacted at this location and with sufficient force to break right through the layers of Athabasca sandstone on the surface. On rebound, basement rocks got lifted back up. In bouncing back out, it also lifted up the surrounding Athabasca rocks and tipped them up, if you can imagine, like an opening flower.” As a result, the basement got lifted up to the surface and made it easier to find and mine the uranium at Cluff. Ainsworth added, “The significance of that for me and our group is that shows very high grade uranium deposits in the western side of Athabasca.”
Drilling a property helps the geological team better understand the area. Since the Cluff property was mined out, two decades ago, additional scientific study has opened up new doors. At the 67th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, University of Quebec Earth Science professors presented a paper entitled, “A Re-Evaluation of the Size of the Carswell Astrobleme.” The Montreal scientists concluded in the 2004 annual conference held in Brazil, “The Carswell impact structure is therefore older and larger than previously estimated… the central uplift considered to be under the annular dolomitic unit would suggest a crater size in the basement of 118 to 125 kilometers wide.” While some believe the meteor hit about 478 million years ago, recent evidence suggests it may have been closer to 1.8 billion years ago.
Ainsworth warned there is a lot of risk in drilling for uranium deposits. “The geometry of these things is damn small.” ESO president Jonathan George pointed out that the world’s richest uranium deposit, McArthur River, hosting about 400 million pounds of uranium, had half of its deposit in an area about half the size of a football field. “I think that’s mind boggling,” he said, “that a $7 billion project would be on an area that small.”
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“I look at about 100 different projects a year, most of which go into the round filing cabinet on my floor,” said Tony Harvey, the senior technical advisor to ESO Uranium (TSX: ESO), and formerly a senior manager of Wright Engineers-Fluor Daniels, which was involved with the design and construction of 14 mines worldwide. Harvey quickly ticked off what is necessary to attract his eye, “I need to see history. I need to see signposts before I give it any credence.” So why is he advising little-known ESO Uranium, after a long, prolific career?
“I believe this one has a huge amount of history,” Harvey argued. “Not only have you got the Cluff Lake mine, which already confirms the presence of uranium, but you have got the Shea Creek drilling intercepts which validate it. We have the conductors streaming onto our property. We have the boulders, which is also another sign post.” The boulders, of which Tony Harvey refers, are the six uranium-mineralized boulders near the ESO Uranium project on the company’s Cluff property. Near those boulders, a promising drill hole from the 1970s indicated 0.85% U3O8 over 2.3 meters. It was all but forgotten until the recent explosion of exploration activity in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, an area which has helped Cameco (NYSE: CCJ) grow into a company with a market capitalization of nearly $12 billion.
What ESO Uranium’s geological team will be looking for at the company’s Cluff property are Cluff Lake style uranium deposits in basement rocks with the Carswell structure close to the unconformity with sandstones of the Athabasca group. That was allegedly created by the meteor’s impact.
Drilling in the Meteor’s Wake
“The value of the ore extracted at the Cluff mine, in today’s terms, would be equivalent to $2.6 billion,” explained Harvey. “That’s how much was extracted at the Cluff mine.” The company’s vice president of exploration, Benjamin Ainsworth, who is both a senior geologist and a mining engineer, helped explain the Cluff structure. “A meteorite probably impacted at this location and with sufficient force to break right through the layers of Athabasca sandstone on the surface. On rebound, basement rocks got lifted back up. In bouncing back out, it also lifted up the surrounding Athabasca rocks and tipped them up, if you can imagine, like an opening flower.” As a result, the basement got lifted up to the surface and made it easier to find and mine the uranium at Cluff. Ainsworth added, “The significance of that for me and our group is that shows very high grade uranium deposits in the western side of Athabasca.”
Drilling a property helps the geological team better understand the area. Since the Cluff property was mined out, two decades ago, additional scientific study has opened up new doors. At the 67th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting, University of Quebec Earth Science professors presented a paper entitled, “A Re-Evaluation of the Size of the Carswell Astrobleme.” The Montreal scientists concluded in the 2004 annual conference held in Brazil, “The Carswell impact structure is therefore older and larger than previously estimated… the central uplift considered to be under the annular dolomitic unit would suggest a crater size in the basement of 118 to 125 kilometers wide.” While some believe the meteor hit about 478 million years ago, recent evidence suggests it may have been closer to 1.8 billion years ago.
Ainsworth warned there is a lot of risk in drilling for uranium deposits. “The geometry of these things is damn small.” ESO president Jonathan George pointed out that the world’s richest uranium deposit, McArthur River, hosting about 400 million pounds of uranium, had half of its deposit in an area about half the size of a football field. “I think that’s mind boggling,” he said, “that a $7 billion project would be on an area that small.”
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How are asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteoroids the same?
Bella L asked:
Can someone please compare and/or contrast how the characteristics of asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteoroids are the same?
Please no dumb answer like “They are all rocks in space” or something.
Can someone please compare and/or contrast how the characteristics of asteroids, comets, meteors, and meteoroids are the same?
Please no dumb answer like “They are all rocks in space” or something.
Thanks!
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Fourth Grade Science Fair Projects
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Fourth grade students are very energetic and their span of attention or concentration is very small. Above that, they want to observe, infer, predict and classify anything taught on science. Learning by doing is a good concept and it registers in their young minds and they can never go wrong in their examinations. For this, a lot of schools conduct fourth grade science fair. Here, all the fourth grade science fair projects will be displayed.
The children explain their fourth grade science fair projects, while the others watch these projects and learn. Teaching them in a play way method is very effective. Here are few fourth grade science fair projects for this age group.
Salt increases the density of water. Add four to five tablespoons of salt in a glass of water stir it nicely and float an egg. Also add little more luke-warm fresh water and check, the egg will float in-between the salt and the water. Try using sugar or flour in the water the egg will sink.
Which water is good for plants can be made as a project by selecting a pot with some seeds; one pot can be watered with tap water, the other pot to be watered with only rain water. Check the growth for seven weeks; the rain water watered pot is better.
Will plants grow with a liquid other than water can be done in an effective project by selecting four pots, Water the first pot with water, second one with vinegar, third one with orange juice and fourth one with milk. The result is the one with water grows the maximum, the one with vinegar dies as it is an acid, the one with orange juice and milk also grows but nowhere near as much as the pure source.
A fourth grade science fair project to test which environment is best for plants. Take three pots, one with sand, one with soil, and one with gravel and put few seeds in each pot, wet them at regular intervals and make a graph, the seeds in the soil grew the maximum.
Classification of mammals — Mammals are found every where. Polar bears in cold areas, camels in hot areas, moles live under the ground, bats live in caves and flies in the air and dolphins live in oceans. Fur and fat help them to protect themselves in cold regions and they sweat and pant to release their extra heat. A fourth grade science fair project can be made by cutting and pasting picture of mammals and their place of rest.
Sunflower house project: On the ground draw a square and plant sunflower seeds leaving enough space between two seeds all in the perimeter of the square, but don’t forget to leave a little space in the front side for the door. Once the sunflower plants grow one inch, plant bean seeds around each sunflower plant. As they grow the beans will climb up the sunflower stalks and create a wonderful playhouse for the children. In this way they learn the characteristics of creepers, flower plants, trees, shrubs etc.
Excellent features of sunflowers are we can get oil, easy to grow and a good bird feeder, Make a sun and a flower and label its uses.
Life cycle of a butterfly – egg, caterpillar, cocoon and then a beautiful butterfly can be made live in your garden.
A Bird house can be made in wood, to encourage birds to come and live. Observe the birds and their habits.
Instincts can be taught in a project form by showing baby birds open their mouth for food, baby turtles know to go to the sea when their eggs hatch.
Children at this age group should be given simpler fourth grade science fair projects to keep them occupied. Once they are occupied and disciplined, teachers job become easier to make them learn and enjoy schooling.
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Fourth grade students are very energetic and their span of attention or concentration is very small. Above that, they want to observe, infer, predict and classify anything taught on science. Learning by doing is a good concept and it registers in their young minds and they can never go wrong in their examinations. For this, a lot of schools conduct fourth grade science fair. Here, all the fourth grade science fair projects will be displayed.
The children explain their fourth grade science fair projects, while the others watch these projects and learn. Teaching them in a play way method is very effective. Here are few fourth grade science fair projects for this age group.
Salt increases the density of water. Add four to five tablespoons of salt in a glass of water stir it nicely and float an egg. Also add little more luke-warm fresh water and check, the egg will float in-between the salt and the water. Try using sugar or flour in the water the egg will sink.
Which water is good for plants can be made as a project by selecting a pot with some seeds; one pot can be watered with tap water, the other pot to be watered with only rain water. Check the growth for seven weeks; the rain water watered pot is better.
Will plants grow with a liquid other than water can be done in an effective project by selecting four pots, Water the first pot with water, second one with vinegar, third one with orange juice and fourth one with milk. The result is the one with water grows the maximum, the one with vinegar dies as it is an acid, the one with orange juice and milk also grows but nowhere near as much as the pure source.
A fourth grade science fair project to test which environment is best for plants. Take three pots, one with sand, one with soil, and one with gravel and put few seeds in each pot, wet them at regular intervals and make a graph, the seeds in the soil grew the maximum.
Classification of mammals — Mammals are found every where. Polar bears in cold areas, camels in hot areas, moles live under the ground, bats live in caves and flies in the air and dolphins live in oceans. Fur and fat help them to protect themselves in cold regions and they sweat and pant to release their extra heat. A fourth grade science fair project can be made by cutting and pasting picture of mammals and their place of rest.
Sunflower house project: On the ground draw a square and plant sunflower seeds leaving enough space between two seeds all in the perimeter of the square, but don’t forget to leave a little space in the front side for the door. Once the sunflower plants grow one inch, plant bean seeds around each sunflower plant. As they grow the beans will climb up the sunflower stalks and create a wonderful playhouse for the children. In this way they learn the characteristics of creepers, flower plants, trees, shrubs etc.
Excellent features of sunflowers are we can get oil, easy to grow and a good bird feeder, Make a sun and a flower and label its uses.
Life cycle of a butterfly – egg, caterpillar, cocoon and then a beautiful butterfly can be made live in your garden.
A Bird house can be made in wood, to encourage birds to come and live. Observe the birds and their habits.
Instincts can be taught in a project form by showing baby birds open their mouth for food, baby turtles know to go to the sea when their eggs hatch.
Children at this age group should be given simpler fourth grade science fair projects to keep them occupied. Once they are occupied and disciplined, teachers job become easier to make them learn and enjoy schooling.
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Sunset Strippers – Falling Stars (Official Video HQ)
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