matthew809
Registered Senior Member
I've been looking up at the sky a lot lately. This morning I watched the parallel "contrails" of 2 planes forming across the sky. At first they looked relatively normal. But unlike the contrails of yesteryear, these trails did not fade away in the normal fashion(normally the contrail should stay pretty stable, expand or twist only very slightly, and disappear at a constant distance from the back of the plane at a rate roughly as fast as the plane is moving). These "contrails" continued to expand and grow, and eventually they blurred together. I watched these contrails turn into what would be unmistakably identified as cloud cover by any common observer. Eventually these clouds expanded further and turned that section of formally blue sky into a very hazy mess. Has anyone else noticed these newfangled contrail effects?
Days before, I noticed that the sun is so much brighter than it used to be, even through all the cloudy haze. I distinctly remember as a younger man being able to look directly at the sun without much of a problem, and wondering why people always made such a big deal about it. But now it's literally impossible to look at it directly.
And no, it's not that my eyes have changed with age. Kids can not look at the sun directly either. Test it out for yourself.
And no, it's not due to the higher angle of the sun during summer because it's impossible to look at the sun when it's low in the sky as well. In fact the only time I can look at the sun anymore is during sunrise and sunset, and even then it's quite uncomfortable, and very noticeably brighter than normal.
And no, I haven't changed location since I was a kid.
And no, it's not due to any weird atmospheric effects that your clever mind can come up with. The sun is truly brighter. Does anyone else remember being able to easily look at the sun, on a clear day, as a kid ?
Could it be that the government is enforcing global dimming to keep us in the dark about our brightening sun? Even if the "haze" only shields us from maybe 10% of the sun's rays, that may still be a practical short-term solution to keep the earth cooler, and keep the population unconcerned.
I would truly appreciate any feedback and relevant sky observations of your own. Please do not dismiss this thread as a crackpot conspiracy. I am mostly only citing my own observations of the sky. My "conspiracy" conclusion is no more of a reach than those of you here who might cleverly create generalized scientific-sounding answers in order to explain away my observations, and reaffirm your contradictory preconceptions.
Days before, I noticed that the sun is so much brighter than it used to be, even through all the cloudy haze. I distinctly remember as a younger man being able to look directly at the sun without much of a problem, and wondering why people always made such a big deal about it. But now it's literally impossible to look at it directly.
And no, it's not that my eyes have changed with age. Kids can not look at the sun directly either. Test it out for yourself.
And no, it's not due to the higher angle of the sun during summer because it's impossible to look at the sun when it's low in the sky as well. In fact the only time I can look at the sun anymore is during sunrise and sunset, and even then it's quite uncomfortable, and very noticeably brighter than normal.
And no, I haven't changed location since I was a kid.
And no, it's not due to any weird atmospheric effects that your clever mind can come up with. The sun is truly brighter. Does anyone else remember being able to easily look at the sun, on a clear day, as a kid ?
Could it be that the government is enforcing global dimming to keep us in the dark about our brightening sun? Even if the "haze" only shields us from maybe 10% of the sun's rays, that may still be a practical short-term solution to keep the earth cooler, and keep the population unconcerned.
I would truly appreciate any feedback and relevant sky observations of your own. Please do not dismiss this thread as a crackpot conspiracy. I am mostly only citing my own observations of the sky. My "conspiracy" conclusion is no more of a reach than those of you here who might cleverly create generalized scientific-sounding answers in order to explain away my observations, and reaffirm your contradictory preconceptions.