Amhlaibh wrote:
yeh during summer oct,nov,dec, here there was a star that would be shining so bright half hour before the sun started setting but is gone now.
That was Venus. The Earth, Venus and the Sun were a near perfect triangle for a while, so it was just like a mirror reflecting its light right at the Earth.
lvx08 wrote:
This reminds me of what Fulcanelli (an early 20th century alchemist who mysteriously disappeared leaving no trace) wrote in his book The dwellings of the philosphers
“The Ancient alchemists, who had, according to traditional sources, more knowledge that we are willing to grant them, assured us that the sun is a cold star and that it’s rays are dark. Nothing would seem more paradoxical and more contrary to appearances, and yet nothing is truer.”
I've heard that mentioned on more than one occasion. Some references include a solar system INSIDE the sun. Sounds like nonsense, until you start to consider the reciprocal relationship between space and time, and that we are only looking at the "space" half... since the reciprocal relation makes temporal structures appear inside out, upside down and backwards, if there were a "temporal solar system", we would spatially locate in inside the sun... and the observers on those worlds would see US inside their sun. Sometimes, it is all a matter of perspective.
Regarding whether it is hot or cold... one must consider what "temperature" actually IS. Larson identifies "heat" as a property OF atoms--not the environment. As such, the void between atoms is always cold. Inside the atom, heat is generated by a linear vibration that is coincident with the progression of the natural reference system--in other words, just a "motion" that acts in an anti-gravity capacity (hence pushing atoms apart). But will it burn you? Let's just say that if you are exposed to a stron anti-gravity field, well, it would be "bad"...
Ghostbusters wrote:
Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Venkman: What?
Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Venkman: Why?
Spengler: It would be bad.
Venkman: I'm a little fuzzy on the whole "good/bad" thing here. What do you mean, "bad"?
Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Stantz: Total protonic reversal!
Venkman: That's bad. Okay. All right, important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.