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GreenWave

(12,195 posts) Tue Dec 27, 2022, 06:56 AM Dec 2022

Dec. 27th, 2004 When all of us almost died. [View all]

It came upon our planet and smacked our atmosphere square in the nose. Fortunately our atmosphere held strong. The object that did that was discovered in the 1970's. It was a flat disc estimated to be more than 10 miles across. And it fired upon our planet at a distance of over 50,000 light years away... Excerpt from a book I hope to launch by late 2023

https://slate.com/technology/2012/12/cosmic-blast-magnetar-explosion-rocked-earth-on-december-27-2004.html

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Dec. 27th, 2004 When all of us almost died. [View all] GreenWave Dec 2022 OP

Fascinating. I encourage your writing. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #1

TY! GreenWave Dec 2022 #2

Props chin on hands.... Go on... irisblue Dec 2022 #3

K&R Emile Dec 2022 #4

Sounds great! newdayneeded Dec 2022 #5

So, you've taken the magnetar explosion that hit the earth in 2004 and are rewriting it Rabrrrrrr Dec 2022 #6

But a minor distraction along the way! GreenWave Dec 2022 #7

"Minerals." n/t yagotme Dec 2022 #8

I want to buy your book Polybius Dec 2022 #9

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