Friday, August 28, 2015
"Whatever it is, that girl put a spell on me"
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Shades of a Canfield Ocean — Hydrogen Sulfide in Oregon’s Purple Waves?
by ROBERTSCRIBBLER on AUGUST 28, 2015
Are we already starting to awaken some of the horrors of the ancient hothouse ocean? Are dangerous, sea and land life killing, strains of primordial hydrogen sulfide producing bacteria starting to show up in the increasingly warm and oxygen-starved waters of the US West Coast? This week’s disturbing new reports of odd-smelling, purple-colored waves appearing along the Oregon coastline are a sign that it may be starting to happen.
(Purple waves wash over the Oregon beach of Neskowin on August 15. A form of hydrogen sulfide consuming bacteria is known to color water purple. Is this an indicator that the deadly gas is present in Oregon’s waters? Image source: Jeanine Sbisa and Beach Connection.)
A Dangerous Beauty
Oregon beachgoers and ocean researchers alike are flummoxed. There’s something strange in the water. Something that’s coloring the waves of Oregon’s beaches purple even as the off-shore waters are painted greenish-blue. These puzzling purple waves have been washing up along the Oregon Coastline for the better part of a month. And no-one seems to know exactly what’s causing it.
Eyewitness photographer Jeanine Sbisa described the scene at Neskowin:
“The purple was only on the edge of the water. I did not see any patches in the deeper water. ( in fact the deeper water was a beautiful turquoise, instead of the deep blue that it usually is at Winema). Some of the waves were a deep clear purple. Other waves in other segments were a rich foamy lilac color. The colors were amazing. Very beautiful.”
All up and down Oregon’s coastline similar reports have been surfacing. Oregon State Park Ranger Dane Osis photo documented another incident at Fort Stevens State Park near Astoria. And eyewitnesses at some locations have described a ‘funky smell’ issuing from some of the purple-colored waters.
Initial reports have claimed that there’s no evidence the purple waters are harmful. But such assertions may well be premature.
Purple Sulfur Bacteria
At issue is the fact that the waters off Oregon are increasingly warm. They are increasingly low oxygen or even anoxic. Conditions that are prime for the production of some of the world’s nastiest ancient species of microbes. The rotten-eggs smelling hydrogen sulfide producing varieties. The variety that paint the waters green (or turquoise as described by Jeanine Sbisa above) or even an ugly black. And there is one primordial creature in particular that thrives in warm, low-oxygen, funky-smelling water. An organism that’s well known for coloring bodies of water purple — the purple sulfur bacteria.
(Artist’s rendering of what a Canfield Ocean may have looked like. A Canfield Ocean is a deadly hothouse ocean state implicated in 5 of 6 major mass extinction events. And, perhaps, we see a hint of this deadly ocean along the Oregon coast today. Image source: Biogeochemistry.)
In order for blooms of purple sulfur bacteria to form, waters have to be low in oxygen or anoxic. There has to be hydrogen sulfide gas present in the water. And the water has to be relatively warm. This is because the bacteria is warmth-loving, anaerobic, and it uses the sulfur in hydrogen sulfide gas as part of its energy production process.
In the current day, the purple sulfur bacteria is present in anoxic lakes and geothermal vents. But during ancient times and during times of hothouse extinction, the purple sulfur bacteria are thought to have thrived in the world’s oceans — painting them the strange tell-tale purple we see hints of along the Oregon shoreline today. A purple that was the hallmark color of a life-killing hothouse ocean.
http://robertscribbler.com/2015/08/28/shades-of-a-canfield-ocean-hydrogen-sulfide-in-oregons-purple-waves/
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Shades of a Canfield Ocean — Hydrogen Sulfide in Oregon’s Purple Waves?
by ROBERTSCRIBBLER on AUGUST 28, 2015
Purple waters are a sign that the little organisms that produce this deadly agent may be starting to bloom in an ocean whose health is increasingly ailing. Tiny tell-tales that we’re on a path toward a hothouse Canfield Ocean state. A path we really don’t want to continue along through the ongoing burning of fossil fuels. For that way leads toward another great dying.
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The Caine Mutiny
where's the captain?
- He's on the wing. - why isn't he handling the ship?
All engines stop.
Boats ahoy!
- what's going on? who's yelling? - we were overshooting these boys.
- what's the distance to the beach? - About three miles.
Steve, you get us there. Full speed ahead.
we will proceed. Follow us. Good luck.
Left tangent: 006.
- Beacon: 084. - Distance: 5,000.
we're too f ar ahead. All engines back one third.
Left tangent: 350.
- Beacon: 116. - Distance: 4,000.
why are we slowing down? If they can't keep up, throw a dye marker.
we're too close. You want to run us on the beach?
- we still have 1,500 yards to go. - 1,500 yards? You're crazy.
I can read instruments as well as anyone.
we're within 1,000 yards of the beach right now.
Left full rudder. All engines ahead full.
- Throw over a dye marker. - Fantail, throw over a dye marker.
- we can't leave those marines
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3.22 "Nemesis Part 1" [ Stargate SG-1 ]
CARTER
How intelligent are they?
THOR
Their capacity for learning is extremely high. Each entity is capable of individual behavior, yet they all act with a common purpose.
O'NEILL
What's that?
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 8:47 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Friday 28 August 2015
