A Beginner's View of Our Electric Universe - New
A Beginner's View of Our Electric Universe - New
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Internal crater walls are <strong>of</strong>ten seen to have a spiral-terraced appearance<br />
where this would not be an expected feature <strong>of</strong> an impact event.<br />
As we know Birkeland currents have a helical structure and a natural<br />
rotation about them. As a crater forming discharge event takes place the<br />
intensity (density) <strong>of</strong> the current will vary to some extent. The rotating<br />
scouring action that lifts material away will therefore be directly<br />
affected by those same variations in the power source. When this is<br />
taken together with what happens during the process <strong>of</strong> ionisation <strong>of</strong><br />
the different surface materials and their various densities as they are<br />
being removed, it is possible to imagine a rotating plasma beam varying<br />
in intensity as its focus point darts about inside a crater to produce<br />
the semi-irregular but clearly recognisable internal spiral terracing that<br />
we actually find. Looking closely at detailed images <strong>of</strong> craters <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
reveals clues which indicate a rotating force that alters its focus point<br />
has indeed been involved.<br />
Why do we see small to tiny craters around the outside <strong>of</strong> some larger craters but not inside them?<br />
Where small craters are found outside and not inside<br />
larger craters that have the appearance <strong>of</strong> being freshly<br />
made it is an indication they were all formed at the<br />
same time. If the small craters had been formed before<br />
then they would appear covered by fine debris to some<br />
extent; they are not. And if they had been formed<br />
afterwards they would also appear inside the large<br />
crater; they do not. What therefore could account for<br />
this clear separation <strong>of</strong> crater sizes? A discharge event<br />
scouring out a large crater has subsidiary discharges<br />
<strong>of</strong> lower power taking place all around it that will also<br />
strike the surface. It is these lesser discharges that are<br />
the cause <strong>of</strong> the minor areas <strong>of</strong> cratering. See here an<br />
example <strong>of</strong> this with Lambert Crater on the Moon.<br />
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The crater Aristarchus on the Moon - Credit NASA - LRC<br />
Lambert crater on the Moon. Tiny craters outside and none inside<br />
Credit: NASA LRO