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The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is an area where Earth's inner Van Allen radiation belt comes closest to Earth's surface, dipping down to an altitude of 200 kilometres (120 mi). This leads to an increased flux of energetic particles in this region and exposes orbiting satellites (including the ISS ) to higher-than-usual levels of ionizing ...
Operation Argus was a series of United States low-yield, high-altitude nuclear weapons tests and missile tests secretly conducted from 27 August to 9 September 1958 over the South Atlantic Ocean.
Unfortunately, the X-17's limited altitude capability meant it could not reach the required altitude to hit mirror points in the South Pacific over the testing grounds. The only area that had a field low enough for the X-17 to hit easily was the South Atlantic Anomaly, where the Van Allen Belt descends as low as 200 kilometers (660,000 ft). [20]
The magnetic 'weak point' over the ocean has existed for up to 11 million years, according to researchers.
In October 1984, a National Intelligence Estimate on the South African nuclear program noted: There is still considerable disagreement within the Intelligence Community as to whether the flash in the South Atlantic detected by a US [redacted] satellite in September 1979 was a nuclear test, and if so, by South Africa. If the latter, the need for ...
2012 was marketed through the fictional Institute for Human Continuity, at a viral marketing website that was created by the movie studio. The website featured main-character Jackson Curtis' book Farewell Atlantis , streaming media , blog updates , and radio broadcasts from zealot Charlie Frost on his website, This Is the End . [ 6 ]
co-production with Relativity Media, H2F Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films, Moving Picture Company and Stuber Productions Lone Survivor U.S., U.K., Irish and Italian distribution only; produced by Emmett/Furla Films , Film 44 , Herrick Entertainment, Envision Entertainment, Spikings Entertainment, Single Berry Productions, Closest to the Hole ...
The Impossible (Spanish: Lo imposible) is a 2012 English-language Spanish biographical disaster drama film directed by J. A. Bayona and written by Sergio G. Sánchez.It is based on the experience of María Belón and her family in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.