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Solar Flares ​ ​ Ever wondered if the world is going to end in 2012? Ever wondered why people belive in this theory? Some scientists predict that on the 21st of December 2012, the world will be hit by a monstrous solar flare, causing all sorts of other catastrophic disasters. On this wiki page, i will explore this theory, and tell you more about the nearing solar flares.

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this video explains solar flares -->

Description:  **A flare is defined as a sudden, rapid, and intense variation in brightness. A **  solar flare **occurs when magnetic energy that has built up in the** **solar atmosphere** **is suddenly released.** **Radiation** **is emitted across virtually the entire** **electromagnetic spectrum****, from radio waves at the long** **wavelength****end, through** **eptical** **emission to** **x-rays****and** **gamma rays** ** at the short wavelength end. The amount of energy released is the equivalent of millions of 100- ****megaton ****hydrogen bombs exploding at the same time! The first solar flare recorded in astronomical literature was on September 1, 1859. Two scientists, Richard C. Carrington and Richard Hodgson, were independently observing ** **sunspots** **at the time, when they viewed a large flare in** **white light****.**

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But Why?? <span style="color: #ff4c00; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 186%; text-align: center;">So you're probably thinking, "Why will this happen?", or "How do they know this will hapen?" According to the Mayan calender, they predicted this would happen many years ago. Let me elaborate... <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">On the Mayan calender, they predicted this would occur many years ago. But their calender is very different to our modern day ones. Instead of being divided into months, weeks and days, it is divided into multiples of 10 years.



The days are numbered with an unusual system. Each ring would represent a multiple of 10 (i.e. 10000, 1000, 100, 10, 1) years. Each ring on the ancient artifact calender would be a certain amount of time. Archaeologists have have found carved monuments that determined the start of the Mayan calender was August 11th, 3114 bc. From this, it was not too difficult to find that the end of time as they predict, would be December 21st 2012. That is why so many scientists have looked into this prediction, and warned the world of this destruction.

What do you believe?​