Threat of 9/11 repeat 'very real', says Panetta on sombre visit to World Trade Center memorial site

The U.S. could once again be hit by a similar terrorist attack to 9/11, according to the country's Defense Secretary.
Pentagon chief Leon Panetta said citizens must remain 'vigilant' and that the threat of a repeat of an event like Sepember 11 was 'very real'.

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Astronauts' tracks, trash seen in new moon photos

Two years ago, images from the same spacecraft from 30 and 60 miles out showed fuzzier images. But this year the orbiter dipped down to take about 300,000 more close-ups.

The trails left by the astronauts are clear, but the places where backpacks were discarded, Apollo 17's moon buggy, and the bottom parts of the three lunar landers are blurry.

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Sunspot 1283 is crackling with solar flares.
Yesterday, Sept. 6th, the active region produced an M5.3-class eruption at 0150 UT followed by a X2.1-class event at 2220 UT.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded this extreme UV flash from the X-flare.

The flares produced waves of ionization in Earth's upper atmosphere, briefly altering the propagation of low-frequency radio signals around our planet.

Moreover, the two eruptions hurled clouds of plasma (CMEs) in our general direction.
A preliminary analysis of SOHO and STEREO imagery suggests that the CMEs could sail substantially north of Earth, delivering a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field as they pass.

ETA: Sept. 8-10.

Maybe "they" tested this ;-)

Never mind pilots, this green laser is so powerful it can dazzle astronauts

Green laser light is 20 times brighter than blue light to the human eye, hence the Krypton's enormous range. The lasers are also powerful enough to set fire to paper and matches - and have a built-in microprocessor that stops the laser itself overheating.

Posted: 10:03:38 AM  

There may not seem to be anything remarkable about 7/9/11, but it is one of just five dates this century featuring three consecutive odd numbers.
The mathematical rarity occurs just five times every 100 years, and today is the penultimate one of the 21st century.

While celebrating an "odd day" according to the American calendar on July 9th this year, Mr Gordon told the Wall Street Journal:

'These dates are just cute, funky things that you stumble over. I feel compelled to say: "Look what's coming".'

One can only imagine what Mr Gordon has planned for the next Odd Day in two years time.
It will sadly be his last - and most of ours - as the next one will not be until 1/3/05 - in the year 2105.

Nothing in the universe is created by accident .. we are not so much 'educated' on the subject of numerology (especially the occult-view) ... but yes, we are "looking what's coming" ...

Posted: 9:55:51 AM  

;-)

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