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1/31/2008
Oooh, Pretty Colors
(note: excerpt from page 181 of "The Century of Space Science", by J. A. M. Bleeker, Johannes Geiss, M. Huber, Published 2001)
The behavior of an artificial plasma cloud
The ionization can be observed not only spectroscopically but also directly with the unaided eye, because the barium cloud changes both colour and shape during the transition phase.
The non-ionized cloud radiates in several green, yellow and red lines of the visible spectrum. (image below from: new-england.net.eu)
After the initial, optically thick phase, the radiation in the green (spectrum) is the predominant colour in the neutral cloud.
As the cloud becomes fainter because of photo ionization, neutral strontium - always present as an impurity - remains. It ionizes much more slowly and radiates in the blue. (image below from optics.kulgin.net)
The ionized barium atoms have spectral lines in the violet, blue and red regions of the spectrum, resulting in a purple colour.
Hence the ionized cloud can be easily distinguished from the neutral one because the ionized cloud is purple and the non-ionized one is green and later blue. (image below from pictopia.com)
Red Clouds Reflecting a Fiery Sunset --- Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis
Posted by A. de Roche at 1:36 PM
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1/22/2008
Peru Got A Whiff, Too
(note: this is part 7 of our series on barium particles released from experimental tests conducted throughout the world, from Defense Technical Information Center DTIC. For series, click DTIC link)
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Title: Barium Cloud Test in Peru
Corporate Author: AIR FORCE WRIGHT AERONAUTICAL LABS WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
Report Date: NOV 1981
Abstract : In an effort to investigate the mechanism causing ionospheric irregularities to form in the equatorial region, an experiment was designed by the Max Planck Institute involving the release of two barium clouds in the F region just after sunset. (image below of sunset in Lima, Peru, from susanpmucha.com)
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Regardless of whether you believe the conspiracy theories, if you have been observing "chemtrails," you would probably agree that we need the public to be aware of this. If chemtrails are deliberate attempts to cover more sky area or modify the weather, the public has a right to know about it, and the U.S. government covering up such a project would be an unthinkable crime against the people. Public health could be in grave jeapardy from spraying chemicals and metals like barium and aluminum oxides-- this should not be done over a population.
If chemtrails are the natural result of larger, faster, higher-flying jets, it is almost as alarming; if we can affect the weather this drastically, we are covering up the effects of climate change, inadvertently cooling our planet temporarily while CO2 and toxic gases build up.
If you have questions, answers or corrections, please email dave@dragonpearltea.com. (If you email me, please know that I am only interested in discussing proven or proveable facts). I also recommend reading about CLOUDSAT and the NASA/NOAA CRYSTAL FACE project (which tracks pollutant transport through the troposphere into the stratosphere) and being familiar with NASA's Strategic Plan and NASA's and NOAA's science missions.
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