Blue Marble in the year 3000

Ever since Frank put together the "Blue Marble" overlay, it's been one of my favorite overlays for Google Earth. I leave it on almost all the time, because it creates such a nice view of the earth when seen from very high altitudes. Of course, the Blue Marble only shows how the Earth looks right now. What if you could see the past (and future) of our planet with a similar overlay? That's what the folks at ZHAW have put together, and it's quite impressive. They've created a few animations that show changes in the Earth's glaciers, vegetation and sea levels throughout the years. Here's a look at their "Blue Marble 3000" animation, which begins 21,000 years ago, and ends in the year 3000.
They also have a version of it that starts with present-day Earth and goes until the year 10,000:
In addition to the views, they've created overlays that you can use inside of Google Earth. You can find more info about Blue Marble 3000 here, and Blue Marble 10,000 here.
They collected the data from a variety of sources, and certainly had to make some estimations for future ice and shorelines. Still, it's an interesting look at where we've been and where we might be heading.

Extreme makeover: are humans reshaping Earth? If alien geologists were to visit our planet 10 million years from now, would they discern a distinct human fingerprint in Earth's accumulating layers of rock and sediment?...

Oregon's rare white buffalo herd grows with three new calves

(Right) Cynthia Hart-Button figures the birth of so many white buffalo "means there are earth changes coming." This is among three white buffalo calves born over the Mother's Day weekend at Hart-Button's sanctuary near Bend.

What may be the world's biggest herd of white buffalo has just gotten bigger. Three white bison calves were born on a 288-acre sanctuary near Bend over the Mother's Day weekend, bringing the number of white bison to 14...

The Boy Who Sang to the World

Weather, Vortices and the Pole Shift

I was just reading through the Arlington Institute site to investigate one of their programs called Weather Map, which collates our collective intuitive and dream experiences to glimpse into future trends. This was part of my research regarding my last blog Sightings, Dreams and Chevrons.

One link that caught my eye was the following: ‘A growing number of scientists suspect that the magnetic pole shift that seems to be underway may be the real culprit behind climate change.’

This reminded me of a very recent meditation in which I was ‘shown’ the dynamics behind the recent tornadoes in the South and Southwestern parts of the U.S. – anomalous to be sure.

I set my intention on understanding the nature of these extreme weather anomalies. As I relaxed, images began forming. I was first shown that the Gulf Stream was no longer running as it had in the past and that this is linked with electro-magnetic vortices creating geo-magnetic change. This led me to a rather shocking article I researched after the meditation, which I will speak of later in this blog.

Next was the main part of the vision in which I had a birds eye view over the South of the U.S. Below me was a vortex of energy flowing counter-clockwise, which was its normal directional flow. Suddenly a counter-rotational vortex appeared alongside it, moving clockwise. Where the two forces met there was a disturbance, presumably the tornadoes I had asked about. This friction, where a new field of polarity was attempting to establish itself in the place of the old, was shown to be the source of all types of geological and meteorological disturbances. In addition, it was shown that this type of phenomena would become much more common in the times ahead until the new polarities were successfully established. In other words, there would be one mini pole shift after another around the planet.

Finally, there was a brief image of the sun and powerful sun activity, which was also a part of this unfolding dynamic that is now firmly in play. The summary was that this is now the norm and necessary as the earth goes through this polarity shift, which is accompanying a dimensional shift that has long been spoken of.

Meanwhile, I came across an article some of you may be familiar with regarding a vortex formation in the Gulf of Aden. The author is anonymous, which means to me that it should be viewed with an intuitive eye. It appears on many sites, I have randomly grabbed one: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_gulf_of_aden_vortex

Here is an excerpt from the article link above:

After remaining ‘relatively stable’ since its discovery in November, 2000, this report continues, the Gulf of Aden vortex began to “expand” in late 2008 prompting the United States to issue an “extraordinary” warning to the entire world about this mysterious occurrence and which in response the following Nations rushed their Naval Forces to this area:

Royal Australian Navy, Belgian Navy, Bulgarian Navy, Canadian Navy, Peoples Liberation Navy (China), Royal Danish Navy, French Navy, German Navy, Greek Navy, Indian Navy, Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, Italian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Republic of Korea (South Korea) Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy, Pakistan Navy, Portuguese Navy, Royal Saudi Navy, Russian Navy, Republic of Singapore Navy, Spanish Navy, Swedish Navy, Royal Thai Navy, Turkish Navy, British Royal Navy and the United States Navy.

Using the pretext that these Naval Forces were needed to protect the Gulf of Aden from Somalia pirates [who are actually nothing more than lightly armed youngsters looking for food since this mysterious vortex has destroyed their fishing waters], Admiral Maksimov states in this report that this buildup is the largest of its kind in human history and that Russia is “prepared” to join with the Americans to “defeat” what many world officials believe is an attack upon our planet by “forces” previously unknown, but described as possibly being “inter-dimensional” or “extraterrestrial” Read More

Dr. Omerbashich and Comet Elenin

Astronomical Alignments as the Cause of M6+ Seismicity by Dr. Mensur Omerbashich [PDF file from Cornell University website]

Comet Elenin may be brighter than expected  by Leonid Elenin Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin) is becoming one of the most observed long-period comets. At the moment, the overall number of CCD camera observations is approaching 1300, while the number of CCD observations of comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) never exceeded 1000. Of course, for the most part that reflects the growth and accessibility of modern CCD cameras. I have underscored this fact for the conspiracy theorists who are saying that Comet Elenin is impossible to see in the sky and all its observations are being kept secret. Of course that is not the case, but let’s return to news about the comet...

[Note: on June 14, 2011 at 12 noon, Mountain Standard Time, the Moon will be 92% full in the sidereal sign of Scorpio (Nakshatra Anuradha); the Nodes become direct (considered benefic); and Mars, Venus, and the Sun all aspect the Moon from their seventh house position in the sign of Taurus.--Lori]

The Mississippi Nightmare Scenario

By Robert Johnson
As the Mississippi River continues to rise and more residents are forced to evacuate, the great flood of 1927 is on a lot of Southern minds and questions of what's next on just as many lips.
According to reports in the Nashville Tennessean, history could be on the verge of repeating itself. To give a little perspective: in the Great Flood, the levees broke in 145 places, flooded 27,000 square miles in up to 30 feet of water over a stretch of land 100 miles long. At some points more than double the volume of Niagara Falls poured through as levees broke, nine states were affected and 246 people died.
Though modifications have been done on the levee system over the years, failures are occurring now just as before, and towns that sit upstream have already blasted their levees to keep the flood waters at bay. In Vicksburg Mississippi, where the Yazoo River empties into the Mississippi River, current predictions put the river cresting the barriers by more than a foot. There is real concern the strain will prove too much for the dirt levees.
The best officials there can do is to put polyethylene sheets over the levees in efforts to preserve their integrity. Read More

Feds Abandon Extra Radiation Monitoring of Milk, Water

The U.S. government has abandoned efforts to monitor elevated levels of radiation that infiltrated the nation’s water and milk in the wake of a nuclear catastrophe in Japan.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has faced stiff criticism for its slow and spotty monitoring of radioactive iodine, cesium and other materials that were ejected into the atmosphere after the Fukushima nuclear power plant was struck by a tsunami in early March. The material fell on the United States in rainwater and was ingested by cows, which passed it through into their milk.
Radiation levels in some milk and rain samples have exceeded normal long-term federal drinking water standards, but EPA officials have described the levels as almost completely safe. Anti-nuclear power activists have accused the federal government of downplaying the health risks in an effort to protect the nuclear power industry and predicted that the radioactive isotopes will lead to a rash of cancers.
Now, less than two months after the nuclear disaster began to unfold, the EPA is abandoning most of its additional radiation monitoring activities. Recent monitoring has continued to detect the radiation in the North American environment, though at declining levels. Read More

Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster

New York Times--Weather disasters and quakes: who’s most at risk? The analysis below, by Sperling’s Best Places, a publisher of city rankings, is an attempt to assess a combination of those risks in 379 American metro areas. Risks for twisters and hurricanes (including storms from hurricane remnants) are based on historical data showing where storms occurred. Earthquake risks are based on United States Geological Survey assessments and take into account the relative infrequency of quakes, compared with weather events and floods. Additional hazards included in this analysis: flooding, drought, hail and other extreme weather. Read More