Look Up And Then Look Down – Ways To Watch The Eclipse

the sun shining brightly behind a cloud

Enjoy being a part of history.

I’m sure you know that tomorrow you’ll get to be a part of history. It’s been over 200 years since North America experienced a total eclipse of the Sun, and I hope there is no cloud cover. Even if there is, you will still be able to sense the eclipse – the temperature will drop for about 4 minutes.

There are between two and five solar eclipses every year somewhere on the Earth, but total eclipses only happen about once every 18 months. The same particular spot on Earth will witness a total solar eclipse only once in 400 years.

What makes this North American eclipse so special is that it has not crossed Mexico, America, and Canada on this path in over 200 years – the last time was in 1775 during the American Revolution.

If there are no clouds during the eclipse, or spotty clouds, remember to look down, too. As the moon gets closer to covering the Sun 100%, the leaves on the trees will reflect the eclipse onto the ground.

So, look up and then look down – you will actually see the eclipse on the ground, too.

Make sure to keep your eyes safe, so don’t look into the Sun without eye protection, but FYI, when the moon covers the Sun 100%, you can glance at the Sun quickly without eye protection.

Then look down on the ground at the shadows from the leaves on the trees – you’ll see the eclipse on the ground.

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Earthquakes and volcanoes increase during a solar eclipse.

It is not unusual for earthquakes and volcanoes to respond to the gravitational pull of the moon coming in between the Earth and the Sun.

Major earthquakes have been occurring all over the planet, as well as volcanic eruptions. Poas in Costa Rica is erupting right now, and Fuego is also active in Guatemala; exploding around 5-9 times per hour producing impressive ash plumes.

These volcanoes in Central America are heating up the Gulf of Mexico, so expect a more active hurricane season in the Gulf this year.

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rocked New Jersey in April 2024, and was felt all the way into Canada and throughout New York State. Geologists are closely watching the New Madrid fault zone, predicting it will have an earthquake soon.

We’ll see.

No doubt, you are witnessing the powerful influence of the Sun on the Earth right now.

Look up and don’t forget to look down, too. This is exciting.

The path of the North American Solar eclipse

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Will Campi Fiegrei Finally Erupt? Italy In The Crosshairs

A picture of Ecuador's Tungurhua volcano erupting.

Campi Fiegrei is threatening to erupt.

There’s a current volcanic situation in Italy right now, and the jury is out if Campi Fiegrei volcano near Naples actually erupts or not.

Preparations to evacuate are taking place, however, due to ground swells of magma rising over .5″ a month, and volcanologists are monitoring this rise that’s also causing ground temperatures to heat up.

This is where studying earthquakes comes in – Campi Fiegrei is bigger than Mt. Vesuvius, which destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD. Fiegrei has 24 craters, and the area around Naples has had more than 1,100 earthquakes occur just in September with some reaching magnitudes of 4.2.

The last time Campi Fiegrei experienced a series of earthquakes was in 1980, but its last significant eruption was in 1538. One of its biggest eruptions is suspect of causing the extinction of the Neanderthal 39,000 years ago. Magma from this blast has been found in Greenland.

So, you can see that volcanoes have not had massive eruptions in our modern history, but when they do erupt, they can destroy life thousands of miles away with little warning. The signs are here now, but people logically resist vacating until it’s too late.

A really good movie that really depicts volcanic eruptions accurately is Dante’s Peak. It’s a 1990s film so it’s a bit dated, but as far as volcanoes go, it’s spot on. It’s worth the watch if you want to really get an idea what’s it’s like to escape a volcanic eruption.

Wishing Italy the best of luck – rimani al sicuro.


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Big Changes Ahead Series – What’s Really Going On Today

A picture of a hand holding a glowing earth globe in his hand with a butterfly on the globe.Back in 1991, I was teaching Environmental Science and International Geography at The University of North Texas when I wrote the book Move Onto The Highest Mountains. At that time, I was researching why recent Earth changes and Natural Disasters were increasing.

I discovered that the location of the Earth’s North and South geographic poles over the past 500 myr is the underlying cause behind the historic Earth events occurring today.

And I mapped it. Starting from 500 myr ago.

I was ahead of my time. 

No one could understand what I had discovered. People were’t even talking about “global warming” back then. We have lived in an “out of sight-out of mind” scenario – until a natural disaster affects someone personally, people just don’t get it; they do not engage unless it affects them directly.

That said, our general awareness is improving some today because as the Earth’s poles become more unstable, the effects are very noticeable now. They are beginning to impact everyone’s life around the world.

Now it’s time to introduce my discovery – the time has come for those who know that something is very wrong with our planet learn what I uncovered. People are finally figuring out that current, historic Earth changes are not due to man-made global warming caused by your fireplace or your SUV. Yes, we are polluting our planet beyond reason. And yes, our destruction of the Earth’s ecosystems is criminal.

Think Fukushima. Consider GMO farming.

Messing in our nest is definitely making life worse and killing millions of plant and animal species on our planet, but the core cause to the threat of our survival is much bigger than pollution and our irresponsibility.

Much more powerful.

three scary skulls representing Judgment Day

We are polluting our planet beyond reason.

What’s Really Going On Today

The changes going on today are due to the culmination of many things, but the main driver is a massive Earth shift happening right under our noses. Even though this natural, cyclic event isn’t widely understood as the reason we have an increase in natural disasters today, my research introduces this possibility and must be added to the mix.

Earthquakes and volcanoes, bizarre temperature changes, mammoth tornadoes, unexpected hurricanes, and record floods: these major Earth events have been relatively quiet throughout our history, but our planet is “waking up” today and more Earth activity and natural disasters are on the horizon.

The Earth is forever changing, and this is the thread of the human story that we face today.

Most of us are faced with man-made issues like pollution, depleted natural resources, corrupted finances and over-crowded spaces. We have been too busy trying to survive to notice that the planet Earth is making big changes, and these changes will affect us all.

An Unstable Axis

The Earth’s rotation on its axis has become increasingly unstable, and the rise in storms, unseasonable weather, powerful earthquakes and volcanoes are increasing, and are literally popping out of nowhere because our planet is shifting on its axis – the North Pole is changing its direction toward the Sun.

This shift will affect everyone around the globe, and that means you and me.

Move Onto The Highest Mountains is a book about the past, present and future of the planet that we call home; its a big undertaking trying to introduce such a theory within a mere, few hundred pages, but it brings to light one of the most important concepts in modern time.

This is a true story using geology as the tool to introduce a higher human awareness. The Earth is evolving, but so are we.

One helps the other understand where we have come, where we are today, where we are heading tomorrow, and why we must be aware of the Earth’s very powerful dynamics that literally determine our survival.

By rewinding a very ancient geologic clock, we can look back in time to better understand what is happening to the Earth today. By connecting the many Earth changes today with the same events that happened millions of years ago, we can better determine how our future – everyone’s future – fits into the greater plan.

“Water is a purifying agent, cleansing all that is impure.  One day, water will cover the Earth, killing many things. This will happen one day soon, so we must move onto the highest mountains to survive.”
– Ancient American Indians, written in 540 A.D.

A picture of one of the giant heads on Easter Island.

The ancients strived to reach their highest peak of personal awareness.

The ancients strived to reach their highest peak of personal awareness in order to better understand the Earth; this kept them in balance with Nature. Modern humans have gotten lost along the way.

If we are going to survive as a species alongside the Earth’s very powerful forces, we, as individuals, must remember that when the Earth shifts, we shift with it.

To date, my book agent has not been able to find a publisher interested in my discovery. So, I will publish it online. In the meantime in order to increase awareness, I will be writing a series of blog posts taken from my book, Move Onto The Highest Mountains.

Stay tuned.

An exit sign on a highway that says Changes: Next Exit

We can’t stop inevitable Earth changes. But, we can certainly learn more about them.