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GEMINID METEOR SHOWER: The Geminid meteor shower peaks on Dec. 13th and 14th. Bright moonlight will interfere with the display, but not obliterate it. Forecasters expect observers with clear skies to see as many as 40 meteors per hour. [full story] [meteor radar] [meteor app]

SIGNIFICANT COMET PLUNGES TOWARD THE SUN: A comet nearly as wide as two football fields (200m) is plunging toward the sun where it will most likely be destroyed in a spectacular light show on Dec. 15/16. Although Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3) could become as bright as Jupiter or Venus when it "flames out," the glare of the sun will hide the event from human eyes. Solar observatories in space, however, will have a grand view. Yesterday the brightening comet entered the field of view of NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft:

"You can clearly see the comet heading diagonally through the images," says Karl Battams of the Naval Research Lab who prepared the animation. "During the 16-hour sequence, the comet brightens from magnitude +8 to +6.5, approximately."

It will soon grow much brighter. "This comet is a true sungrazer, and will skim approximately 140,000 km (1.2 solar radii) above the solar surface on Dec. 15/16," notes Battams. At such close range, solar heating will almost certainly destroy the icy interloper,creating a cloud of vapor and comet dust that will reflect lots of sunlight. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) will have a particularly good view.

Discovered on Dec. 2nd by amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy of Australia, the comet is an unusually large member of the Kreutz family. Kreutz sungrazers are fragments of a single giant comet (probably the Great Comet of 1106) that broke apart back in the 12th century. SOHO sees one plunging into the sun every few days, but most are small, no more than 10 meters wide. Comet Lovejoy is at least ten times larger than usual. Stay tuned for updates.

more images: from Jan Ebr of Malargue, Argentina; from Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero & Nick Howes using a remote controlled telescope in Australia

AURORA WATCH: A solar wind stream is gently buffeting Earth's magnetic field, igniting auroras around the Arctic Circle. "Last night, Dec. 12th, we went out to see the meteor shower, but the Moon was too bright," says Helge Mortensen of Kvaløya, Norway. "Instead of Geminids, we got auroras." Not a bad consolation prize:

The chances of auroras mixing with meteors will increase on Dec. 13/14 as the Geminid meteor shower intensifies and the solar wind continues to blow. Arctic photographers are encouraged to target the heavens on Tuesday night. Images may be submitted here. Aurora alerts: text, phone.

more images: from Frank Olsen of Tromsø, Norway

I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.   Acts 2:19

There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.   Luke 21:11

There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars; and upon the earth, distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring  Luke 21:25

He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you cannot interpret the signs of the times!"  Matthew 16:2-3

Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time?   Luke 12:56 

But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end, when many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase.   Daniel 12:4 

The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of his hands.  Day after day they pour forth speech, night after night they display knowledge.  There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.  Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.  Psalm 19:1-4

Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires.  They will say, "What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again?  From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created."  They deliberately forget that God made the heavens by the word of his command and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water.  Then He used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood.  By the same word the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire.  They are being kept for the day of Judgement, when ungodly people will be destroyed.   2 Peter 3:3-7
 

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Or it could just be a comet that has been zipping around the solar system for billions of years.

Another fucking preacher.