. >> plus, flat earth? >> i'm still a lit until the closet. >> they're finally letting their flat flag fly. >> my senses tell me that the earth is flat. >> at the flat earth international conference where skeptics gather from across the globe. >> it's not a globe. >> people claiming the earth is flat. what they want you to know. a. >> one, two, three -- >> we're not crazy! >> and elton gone? what legendary singer elton john told us about his upcoming retirement. >> what is it that you want to leave with people as you exit the stage? >> but first, the nightline file -- >> good evening. tonight, an emotional victory for more than 100 young women who joined forces against the man they say sexually abused them back when many of them were just little girls. the chairs in the courtroom signaling another bold step forward for women in this historic me too moment as the judge effectively condemned him to a life sentence. here's abc's lindsey davis. >> reporter: the man accused of sexually abusing girls, one as youn

have to hit the earth hit the earth or its atmosphere so the ones that miss us well you know it's just a no show you can watch me go by so those that miss us can't do us any harm is that we're saying yeah really pretty much has to hit the earth to do harm the problem of course is that you have to know if you want to do something about it you have to know which ones are going to hit the earth and that's the real issue finding them and tracking them and knowing which ones are going to hit long before they hit well we're going to get to that but before. your foundation is preparing to send a telescope to orbit the sun to detect dangerous things coming towards earth but space agencies like not sell all ready have projects which monitor space objects so why do you need your own private project to do this is nasa has program not enough . no the programs done by ness and other telescopes are around the world are fantastic and they are presently aiming to their next goal is to find the asteroids larger than one hundred meters that could hit the earth no one hundred metre asteroid would destroy

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have to hit the earth hit the earth or its atmosphere so the ones that miss us well you know it's just a no show you can watch me go by so those that miss us can do us any harm is that what you're saying yeah really pretty much has to hit the earth to do harm the problem of course is that you have to know if you want to do something about it you have to know which ones are going to hit the earth and that's the real issue finding them and tracking them and knowing which ones are going to hit long before they hit well we're going to get to that but before. your foundation is preparing to send a telescope to orbit the sun to detect dangerous things coming towards earth but space agencies like not already have projects which monitor space objects so why do you need your own private project to do this is not his program not enough. no the programs done by ness and other telescopes are around the world are fantastic and they are presently aiming to their next goal is to find the asteroids larger than one hundred meters that could hit the earth no one hundred metre asteroid would destroy a sm

one two nine will collide with earth the center for near earth object studies at nessus jet propulsion laboratory said in a statement our calculations indicate that actually two thousand and two a.j. one to nine has no chance zero of colliding with earth on february fourth or any time over the next one hundred years also according to nasa rockets of this size flying close to earth somewhat regularly and fact recently two space rockets came significantly closer to our planet on september first of two thousand and seventeen the ash read florence passed within about four point four million miles of earth or about eighteen times the distance from earth to the moon in another bus size asteroid zoom within fifty four thousand miles of earth on october second of two thousand and seventeen and as per protocol nasa did make two thousand and two a.j. one to nine as a potentially hazardous actually however it's important to note that this takes the nation is given to any asteroid larger than four hundred sixty feet in diameter that gets closer to the earth by four point six five million miles but

have to hit the earth hit the earth or its atmosphere so the ones that miss us well you know it's just a nice show you can watch me go by so those that miss us can't do us any harm is that we're saying yeah really pretty much has to hit the earth to do harm the problem of course is that you have to know if you want to do something about it you have to know which ones are going to hit the earth and that's the real issue finding them and tracking them and knowing which ones are going to hit long before they hit well we're going to get to that but before.

towards earth larger than the world's tallest building and moving at a rather brisk speed of seventy six thousand miles per hour the asteroid is set to thankfully fly past earth on february fourth according to nasa artie's david miller has the details a skyscraper size asteroid will be passing the earth and will be ten times the distance from earth to the moon which is about two point six million miles or four point two million kilometers according to nasa the asteroid is about a half a mile to a four mile in diameter for comparison the world's tallest building is about a half a mile tall all the new world trade center building in new york is nearly a quarter of a mile tall all right now for the good news nasa says there's no chance actually two thousand and two a day one two nine will collide with earth the center for near earth object studies at nessus jet propulsion laboratory said in a statement our calculations indicate that actually two thousand and two a.j. one to nine has no chance zero of colliding with earth on february fourth or any time over the next one hundred years als

one two nine will collide with earth the center for near earth object studies at nessus jet propulsion laboratory said in a statement our calculations indicate that actually two thousand and two a.j. one to nine has no chance zero of colliding with earth on february fourth or any time over the next one hundred years also according to nasa rockets of this size flying close to earth somewhat regularly and fact recently to space rockets came significantly closer to our planet on september first of two thousand and seventeen the ash ordered florence passed within about four point four million miles of earth or about eighteen times the distance from earth to the moon and another bus size asteroid zoomed within fifty four thousand miles of earth on october second of two thousand and seventeen and as per protocol nasa did make two thousand and two a j one two nine as a potentially hazardous actually however it's important to note that this takes the nation is given to any asteroid larger than four hundred sixty feet in diameter that gets closer to the earth by four point six five million mile

and the earth is? >> flat. >> my senses tell me it's flat and stationary. >> reporter: or so i thought. but for the people atentding the first conference, their earth is not round. >> everybody here can agree on one thing which is that it is not a globe. >> reporter: for years flat earth was accepted but it wasn't until 2015 with had this guy mark sergeant posted his flat earth clues. >> part of a series of clues that can help you get around the design of the flat earth we live in. all i did was walk up to a door and say you know what i think there's really interesting things on the other side of this. >> reporter: some flat earthers imagine it looks like a snow globe. round, but not spear. the north pole with the ice and antarctica holding everything in. are you certain this is what the earth looks like? >> there are some details to be worked out but the details are sound. and we know for a fact this ain't it. >> reporter: so if you think you have questions. >> be sure to ask while i'm reading the sta

they're trapped inside the earth's magnetic field. geostationary orbit is out here, in the outer edge, and the gps satellites, they fly pretty much through the heart of this radiation belt here, where the radiation is most intense. ideally you want the satellites to be stationed in between the radiation belts? there's a gap between inner and outer belt where the radiation levels are much lower, but there are periods where that region gets filled with high energy charged particles and that's a high risk period for those spacecraft. and that can have a big impact on daily life here on earth, can't it? well, if you think that we rely more and more on our satellites for mobile phones, for tv, for internet, for all kinds of communications, banking, that kind of stuff, yeah, it's a really important major part of our life in the modern world. so next time you gaze skywards or simply pick up your smartphone, just think how seemingly small changes in the sun could cause sudden and drastic changes to the way you live your life. november marked

how many of us believe that aliens have visited earth? sergeo, the only man with the strength of his convictions, i appreciate that. here's a question. is the idea that aliens have visited earth in and of itself a conspiracy theory? >> i don't believe so. >> no? >> why not? >> if you take into consideration the fact that we're trying to go to mars, we would be alien life there. the fact that another life form has become inning tell gent enough to do space travel. >> it takes another species to land themselves on another planet. is an entire race working together a conspiracy? >> it seems reasonable. it's odd to the indict the entire planet of wherever for wanting to come and visit. even if we are going to arguably, maybe we could consider it a conspiracy theory. it's a conspiracy of aliens in and of themselves, right? which is not what we tend to talk about, when we talk about ufo conspiracy theorys. alien conspiracy theorys. those are theorys that include an element of human complicity, usually of government complicity. and these ideas t

the earth, we call it a super moon. people think this is blood red when the moon goes into the earth's shatter. it's almost total as i'm looking out my window, so those two things combining at the same time is rare. but none of them on their own are rare. >>> some of the video in the pictures, it doesn't look red, but you're saying when the total eclipse happens is more when we're going to see that reddish color and especially if people take pictures of it. >> yes, correct. and that's just some people's opinion, that's the color it looks. it's that color because when the moon shadow is on earth, if you were standing -- sorry, the other way around, if the earth's shadow is on the moon, you're going to see this red ring around the moon -- some of the light bleeds through our atmosphere. >> yes, fascinating to watch this live as it happens. while we have you, how long will this last? there may be someone who just waking up getting the cob webs out and hopefully they won't miss it. how long might this last? >> the total pha

and the earth is? >> flat. >> flat. >> the earth is flat. >> reality, my senses tell me it's flat, it's stationary. >> reporter: or so i thought. but, for the people attending the first flat earth conference, their earth, indisputably is not round. >> everybody here can agree on one thing which is that it is not a globe. >> reporter: for centuries, the flat earth was accepted as certainty until science said otherwise. >> one of the rules is never admit someone is bigger than yourself. >> reporter: it wasn't until 2015, when this guy, mark sergeant posted his flat earth clues. >> part of a series of clues that can help you get around the design of the flat earth we live in. i did not invent flat earth. all i did was walk up to a door point at it, say, you know what? i think there's really interesting things on the other side of this. >> reporter: unlike what we are told in school, some flat earthers imagine the earth looks like a snow globe, round, but not a sphere. the north pole with the ice and antar

it was like she was being birthed from the earth. completely covered in mud. limp. we weren't sure if she was alive yet. i immediately grabbed her. i cleared her mouth, cleared her nostrils, and she gave a breath. we all needed that. it was a adrenaline boost to continue. it's the most significant rescue of my life. >> it's incredible that a human was able to survive any of that. >> as we stand here with people who have lost loved ones -- >> it's entirely likely that a lot of the people who lost homes and certainly the families of victims may never move back. >> we know a lot of these people were all connected. we've lost people we know. >> this puts everything into priority in perspective. you think you have things of value, but at the end of the day there's very little. >> we're all in this together, and we'll recover. >> our thanks to matt. >>> and next, she has an x games gold medal and braces. the 13-year-old skating sensation who beat her adult heroes in competition. this this this this is my body of proof. proof of less joint pain and clearer skin. this is my

for example, making magnets without any rare earth. there is an initiative funded by the department of nrnl and the national technology lab is part of that called the critical material institute and led by aims national lab and oak ridge is a participant and we have been able to produce no earth otors with elements in them with higher efficiency. >> are you doing it on a commercial scale right now or just no earth basically into th >> i think they can move into that easily. >> into commercial. ok. >> so the other thing is when it comes to batteries yes there is a lot of critical elements like litsdzym mag knees, nickle, and clearly when it comes to litsdzium, for example, we in the united states don't have that production. although we have the resources in north carolina. >> i think that's a challenge. today we get it from chile. >> are you concerned about your supply chain because of our trade difference ors our trade maybe disagreements that you could be harmed if something happens? >> i could speak from the research point of view. i

but it's essential for life on earth. when winter descends on the northern hemisphere snow covers fifty percent of the landmass within a few weeks. it's so heavy it even slows the earth's rotation. and it's so white but when seen from space the earth even changes color with the seasons. the snow cover also affects global temperatures. it reflects ninety percent of solar radiation straight back into space. and it cools the air above it. that affects weather patterns. russia gets a lot of snow temperatures there drop dramatically a high pressure zone develops which channels dry icy air towards western europe and germany where it then also gets very cold. albeit dry and sunny as well. but even though the air mass above the snow is ice cold it's warmer below a deep blanket of snow insulates and prevents things underneath from freezing. plants can survive the winter because the water they need remains liquid. and people. a billion of us are dependent on melt water. so what if we suddenly had no more snow. in a world without sn

it's so heavy it even slows the earth's rotation. and so white but when seen from space the earth even changes color with the seasons . change. the snow cover also affects global temperatures. it reflects ninety percent of solar radiation straight back into space. and it cools the air above it. that affects weather patterns. when russia gets a lot of snow temperatures there drop dramatically a high pressure zone develops which channels dry icy air towards western europe and germany where it then also gets very cold. albeit dry and sunny as well. but even though the air mass above the snow is ice cold it's warmer below a deep blanket of snow insulates and prevents things underneath from freezing. plants can survive the winter because the water they need remains liquid. and people. a billion of us are dependent on melt water. so what if we suddenly had no more snow. in a world without snow northern temperatures would jump by five degrees celsius. weather patterns would change. warm humid air would flow from the atlantic to germany brin

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incredible rescues some responders say they will never birthed from the earth. it's the most significant rescue of my life. >> the fallout in montecito. once an american paradise. now at least 20 dead. much of the community in ruins. >> it looked like a world war i battlefield. >>> plus, extraordinary. ho just became the youngest gold medalist in x games history, competing againstl-grown adults. ul>> f she's here to win this t. >> just an ordinary teen from an ordinary home. >> a half pipe? >> deal. >> well, sort of. now could this wiz kid be on the fast track to the 2020 olympics? but first, the "nightline" 5. >>> number 1 in just 60 seconds. ♪ ♪ there are two types of people in the world. those o fear the future... and those who embrace it. the future is for the unafraid. ♪ all because of you ♪ ♪ thank you for joining us. we begin with the deadly mudslides in montec reported dead and several missing as authorities say most homes wate natural gas lines have been shut off. tonight we take you inside those harrowing moments of this perfect storm of natu

but it's essential for life on earth. when winter descends on the northern hemisphere snow covers fifty percent of the landmass within a few weeks. it's so heavy it even slows the earth's rotation. and it's so white but when seen from space the earth even changes color with the seasons. the snow cover also affects global temperatures. it reflects ninety percent of solar radiation straight back into space. and it cools the air above it. all of. that affects weather patterns. when russia gets a lot of snow temperatures there drop dramatically a high pressure zone develops which channels dry icy air towards western europe and germany where it then also gets very cold. albeit dry and sunny as well. but even though the air mass above the snow is ice cold it's warm and below a deep blanket of snow insulates and prevents things underneath from freezing. plants can survive the winter because the water they need remains liquid. and people. a billion of us are dependent on melt water. so what if we suddenly had no more snow. in a w

and the earth casts a shadow. and when the moon goes through the shadow cast by the earth again a lunar eclipse and why does the moon turn red sunlight is filtering through earth's atmosphere and that's turning the light red it filters out the blue and lets the red through just like a sunset looks red because the blue is scattered away and the red comes through so we like to say sometimes that during a lunar eclipse you're seeing if you were on the moon you'd be looking at all the sunrises and sunsets on earth ancient greek astronomers who study lunar eclipses concluded from the shape of the earth's shadow that the world was round many people who watched lunar eclipse said it was in a way humbling putting human kind and all of its petty affairs in perspective those thoughts absorbed this multinational group of students who stayed up way past bedtime to moon. it makes us feel like all our problems are like the political in the nicety something goes on is so small compared to what else is going on but like i said it

earth elements. china's monopoly in this space is concerning, extremely concerning to me. both the economic and national security perspectives. this committee examined the issue last year and we continue to have discussions around how to ensure the u.s. consumers and manufacturers have access to these materials, including the recreation of a domestic supply chain. i find it interesting that the largest global adopter of electric vehicles in 2016 was china at 40% of global demand. in light of the use of critical minerals and lithium eye ion batteries and other components, how concerned are you about access to critical minerals? it could be shut down at any time. you could be choked off at any time. we need you to engage. i have three people that i know can speak to this. everybody can. on top of that, i needed to finish up on that. the rare earth elements, so you will know, we don't mind any rare earth element ns ts in the united states of america at all. we don't produce one ounce anymore. we are rel

the rocket's first stage returned to earth so it could be used again. the second stage carried the sat light toward what was supposed to be a low earth orbit. from which you could carry out its intelligence mission. space x released a statement saying, after review of all data to date, falcon nine did everything correctly on sunday night. but the maker of the zuma satellite remained silent. saying it could not comment on a classified mission. it appears the satellite failed to separate from the rocket's second stage. an airline pilot took the picture of what is believed off to be the second stage over africa, as it descended towards earth. presumably taking the satellite with it. the spiral effect is created by venting fuel. zuma's mission remains a secret. we don't know the intelligence value of what was lost or how much money it cost >> david martin. thank you very much. >>> president trump said today it would be a lot of fun to run for re-electtion against oprah winfrey. he said he would beat her. but he said he knows oprah winfrey very well and does

the closest approach to earth, cycling around earth. as a result, it appears to be 30% brighter than it usually does. the next supermoon will be on january 31. that one will feature a total solar eclipse. because of the proximity to earth and the fact it is closer to the winter solstice, we get coastal flooded advisories. 7.2 feet mid-morning. highs today, managed mid to low- 60s. we will do the same tomorrow. then we'll get wet. right now numbers are in the 40s. won't be that cold tonight because high clouds are coming up. finally that high pressure gives way to the low offshore. we get one more dry day. then it will get wet on wednesday. futurecast bares it up. tomorrow a bunch of high clouds. wednesday with -- watch how it all unwinds through wednesday evening and thursday morning and thursday midday. not a ton of rain. about a third of an inch to two- thirds of an inch, but there could be thunderstorms with this when they make landfall on wednesday. we'll stay tuned on that. partly cloudy, dry and mild for tuesday. rain will return

it's so heavy it even slows the earth's rotation. and it's so white but when seen from space the earth even changes color with the seasons. the snow cover also affects global temperatures. it reflects ninety percent of solar radiation straight back into space. and it cools the air above it. that affects weather patterns. when russia gets a lot of snow temperatures there drop dramatically a high pressure zone develops which channels dry icy air towards western europe and germany where it then also gets very cold. albeit dry and sunny as well. but even though the air mass above the snow is ice cold it's warmer below a deep blanket of snow insulates and prevents things underneath from freezing. plants can survive the winter because the water they need remains liquid. and people. a billion of us are dependent on melt water. so what if we suddenly had no more snow. in a world without snow northern temperatures would jump by five degrees celsius. weather patterns would change. warm humid air would flow from the atlantic to germany bringing

the rocket's first stage returned to earth so it could be used again. the second stage carried the sat light toward what was supposed to be a low earth orbit. from which you could carry out its intelligence mission. space x released a statement saying, after review of all data to date, falcon nine did everything correctly on sunday night. but the maker of the zuma satellite remained silent. saying it could not comment on a classified mission. it appears the satellite failed to separate from the rocket's second stage. an airline pilot took the picture of what is believed off to be the second stage over africa, as it descended towards earth. presumably taking the satellite with it. the spiral effect is created by venting fuel. zuma's mission remains a secret. we don't know the intelligence value of what was lost or how much money it cost. jeff. >> david martin. thank you very much. >>> president trump said today it would be a lot of fun to run for re-election against oprah winfrey. he said he would beat her. but he said he knows oprah winfrey very well an

but it's essential for life on earth. when winter descends on the northern hemisphere snow covers fifty percent of the landmass within a few weeks. it's so heavy it even slows the earth's rotation. and it's so white but when seen from space the earth even changes color with the seasons. the snow cover also affects global temperatures. it reflects ninety percent of solar radiation straight back into space. and it cools the air above it. all of. that affects weather patterns. when russia gets a lot of snow temperatures there drop dramatically a high pressure zone develops which channels dry icy air towards western europe and germany where it then also gets very cold. albeit dry and sunny as well. but even though the air mass above the snow is ice cold it's warmer below a deep blanket of snow insulates and prevents things underneath from freezing. plants can survive the winter because the water they need remains liquid. and people. a billion of us are dependent on melt water. so what if we suddenly had no more snow. in a wor

has changed its course many times over the long history of the earth movements in the earth's crust ruptured the riverbed and left deep drifts running east west over five hundred thousand years these rifts were shaped by the running water into the zigzag gorges visible today as the rivers course and the sides of the gorges show the sites of the seven pre-disaster as of today's the eight hundred four. a new north-south cleft has already formed in today's falls which means the ninth waterfall is now developing in a few thousand years the falls here were no longer be as impressively wind as they are today. was. was. was. was. in the ten years after his expedition to the victoria falls david livingston made further trips into the african interior in the meantime the second. volume of his travel journals had been published and livingston was now famous in america too but concern was growing as no one had heard from the explorer for some time. in eight hundred seventy one an american newspaper commissioned a reporter and re morton stanley to search for livingston stanley found him into g.g. on lak

it was a new way to look at the earth for us the reality is new ways of observing the earth virtually always lead to new understanding putting together the ice people with the ecosystem people and with the geologists and the oceanographers in the media ologists all of a sudden you have a synergy of ideas that allow you to look at problems in a new way and this is something you can do in of formal structured way you have to put the best people together and so i think the genius of al gore and linda zol and the intelligence community was the recognize will get the very best people and we'll ask them how this can work ok so it's the panel chairs take that direction as a scientist to understand the potential of the intelligence systems and data the job of analyzing the usefulness of the science to the cia felt linda zounds deputy norman come on one of the things that i do recall is having a conversation with with one of the arctic scientists i don't remember with whom but. they made the point that our models for the arctic really don't capture what's actually going on there and it looks l

the moon and basically what happens is the earth's shadow gives the moon that red tint. western horizon, best viewing time between 5:00 and 6:00 a.m. make sure you show your photos, we might share them onair or online. i do want to show you the planner, for the super blue blood moon. maximum eclipse is coming up around the 5:00 hour. if you' ee're going us to view, definitely bundle up. the eclipse will be ending around 7:11 in the morning. we do have some high clouds passing across the bay area, and that's ee's why we're getting gorgeous picture from our emeryville camera. south beach cam showing you another beautiful view as the high clouds are just filtering that sunshine. 67 in santa rosa right now, in livermore, 64 degrees in napa, concord, a little bit of a breeze, which is why parts of the coast cooled down today. favorable weather for most of you in the morning, for viewing that super blue, it is going to be a celestial event. still our conditions for the rest of the week and record highs are possible this weekend. fog is really going to be problematic, right aro

and the earth would block out the sun. the atmosphere is going to reflect a lot of light on the moon which is the reason we can see the moon even though it's in shadow. you'll be looking at a bright red ring around the earth which is a combination of the sunrises and sunsets in the entire world going on simultaneously. >> tony, by the way before you go, are your students excited about this too? >> well, i tried to get them excited. whether or not they're going to wake up early or not, i'll find out in a few hours. >> all right. tony dunn, thank you so much. he's a physics teacher and astronomer at redon high school in san francisco. >> that's a beauty shot. >> very fun. i did hear from stacy, one of our viewers, her daughter sierra is getting extra credit in her science class if they wake up early and get a photo or video. so hopefully it does seem to be inspiring a lot of people and hopefully science as well. >> all right. time is 5:56. a shelter-in-place order in rich richmond went late into the night and this morning. a

it is closer to earth in the orbit and 14% brighter than usual. two, it's the second full moon of the month commonly known as blue moon. finally, it will pass through earth's shadow for a total lunar eclipse. while in the earth's shadow, the moon will take on a reddish opportunity. we will be watching really early. we are amped. i cannot wait. it's happening during our newscast, so the timing is perfect. thank you mother nature. at 4:30 we'll look at the skies and have all our live cameras pointed to the moon. join our kpix weather watchers page. if you get great pictures, please send them on facebook or twitter. this is your forecast. a few high clouds, thin clouds possible in the morning and some areas of patchy fog. the north bay valleys likely will see patchy fog. this was a view by douglas in red wood city. the moon looked big and bright this morning. wait until you see tomorrow. it is extra super because we have the moon closest to the earth at 223,000 miles away and as michelle mentioned, the second full moon of the month. we already got on

he was 87 years old. >>> the earth's protective ozone layer is recovering. scientists have measured levels of chlorine in the ground for decades. this is the first time anyone accurately measured the layers inside the hole. >> the protocol has been a great success. we know this because we have been measuring those substances at the air surface since the 1980s or even before in some cases. >> the o zone layer protects the earth from the harmful portion of the ultra violent rays. >>> state water officials held their first sierra snow survey of the year on wednesday and as you can see, there wasn't much. they found about an inch at phillips station but check this out, in the last 72 hours kirkwood mountain resort got 10 inches of fresh powder. skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes in celebration today. right now there is a base of 18 inches. 75 of the resorts 86 trails are now open. it is shaping up. it is still early in the season. there was an anchor in this newscast that went skiing over the past few days. a hint, it was not me. as we have a look at the bay

minerals or rare earth elements. china's monopoly in the space is concerning, extremely concerning to me, and both the economic and national security perspectives. this committee examined the issue last year and we continue to have discussions around how to ensure the u.s. consumers and manufacturers have access to these materials, including the recreation of domestic supply chain. i find it interesting that the largest global adopter of electric vehicles in 2016 was china at 40% of global demand for these vehicles. so, my question would be in light of the use of critical minerals and lithium ion batteries and other components of these vehicles, how concerned are you and your company about access to critical minerals? it could be shut down at any time. you could be choked off at any time. so, we need you to engage. so, i think i have three people i know -- everybody can. on top of that, i needed to finish up on that. rare earth elements, so that you'll know, we don't mind any rare earth elements in the united states

and the earth casts a shadow. and when the moon goes through the shadow cast by the earth again a lunar eclipse and why does the moon turn red sunlight is filtering through earth's atmosphere and that's turning the light red it filters out the blue and lets the red through just like a sunset looks red because the blue is scattered away and the red comes through so we like to say sometimes that during a lunar eclipse you're seeing if you were on the moon you'd be looking at all the sunrises and sunsets on earth ancient greek astronomers who studied lunar eclipses concluded from the shape of the earth's shadow that the world was round many people who watched lunar eclipse said it was in a way humbling putting human kind and all of its petty affairs in perspective those thoughts absorbed this multinational group of students who stayed up way past bedtime to moon. it makes us feel like all our problems are like the political in the nicety something goes on in so small compared to what else is going on but like i said

and the earth casts a shadow. and when the moon goes through the shadow cast by the earth again a lunar eclipse and why does the moon turn red sunlight is filtering through earth's atmosphere and that's turning the light red it filters out the blue and lets the red through just like a sunset looks red because the blue is scattered away and the red comes through so we like to say sometimes that during a lunar eclipse you're seeing if you were on the moon you'd be looking at all the sunrises and sunsets on earth ancient greek astronomers who studied lunar eclipses concluded from the shape of the earth's shadow that the world was round many people who watched lunar eclipse said it was in a way humbling putting human kind and all of its petty affairs in perspective those thoughts absorbed this multinational group of students who stayed up way past bedtime to moon. it makes us feel like all our problems are like the political in the nicety something goes on is so small compared to what else is going on but like i said

now the average temperature on earth last year was hot enough to put twenty seventeen among the three warmest years on record the u.s. government space and atmospheric agencies publish their annual global temperature report showing a continuing trend of long term warming temperatures heat released on the oceans may also played a role in boosting the readings in recent years gabriel is under has more. you've probably heard that planet earth is getting hotter maybe where you live you've seen warmer weather or seen some of fx of climate change it is true weather patterns change year to year some years hotter some years colder than others but the long term trends appear clear planet earth is getting warmer. two of the leading climate and scientific agencies in the world have released new data nasa says last year was the second warmest on record after two thousand and sixteen in a different analysis of weather trends the national oceanic and atmospheric administration or noah as it's called concluded the past three years were the warmest since eight hundred eighty one record keeping began

it was a new way to look at the earth for us the reality is new ways of observing the earth personally always lead to new understanding putting together the ice people with the ecosystem people and with the geologists and the oceanographers and the media ologists all of a sudden you have a synergy of ideas that allow you to look at problems in a new way and this is something you can't do in a formal structured way you have to put the best people together and so i think the genius of al gore and linda zol and the intelligence community was to recognize we'll get the very best people and we'll ask them how this can work ok so it's the panel to take that direction as a sign. to sort to understand the potential of the intelligence systems and data the job of analyzing the usefulness of the science to the cia well to linda zones deputy norman come on one of the things that i do recall is having a conversation with with one of the arctic scientists i don't remember with whom but. they made the point that our models for the arctic really don't capture what's actually going on there and it loo

no one hundred kilometers from the earth's surface so the clouds are much lower as if there is clouds you will see that you will not see the northern lights. it must take a special kind of person to spend hours alone in the cold hunting down the lights. i guess. no i don't know you don't need to be a special type if you get tired very early then very it's not good for you. but occasionally even marcus has to rest. i go go out when various clear sky go to focus for in order to not think lies. by blocking all it's cloudy quite often so i can sleep on both night. and the nightly trips into the freezing weather have paid off his beautiful images of the northern lights amaze people all over the world. and some exciting news for veggie conscious foodies because for the very first time in germany two vegetarian restaurants have been awarded a michelin star a one of them is cookies cream right here in berlin and for anyone who might be wondering how vegetables can be so impressive all critics agree that this place is all about the whole a stunning interior with an orthodox flavorful creations

blue but i like the pink the green is normally not so green earth you see in the photos but the pink is pink as you see. tucker for has shot more than one hundred thousand photos to date he edits them on his computer and knows just what it takes to do the lights just as. there is something in a front it can be a house or person or or whatever and something in the middle and then in the background there is an often lives so have you created the perfect oh here's the northern lights are if there is only northern lights you can't think how big. marcus checks every evening to see how good his chances are of seeing the lights they're visible about two hundred times a year. the northern lights are created by a like trickly charged particles released from the sun that collide with particles in the earth's atmosphere and they appear stronger the closer you are to the north . south pole. good weather for the nordic lights for four hours that the all you have a clear sky because the northern lights they are about the one hundred kilometers from the earth's surface so the clouds are much slower

the earth's atmosphere bends the light around the earth to make it fall on the moon and the blue light gets scattered out going in all directions and the red light makes it through so the moon appears red. >> i tell you around. you're a super astrophysicist. hakeem, thank you so much. we appreciate that. audience, we all learned a little something and we go to kayna whitworth in san francisco bay and we hear people have spent the night on board waiting for the eclipse. >> reporter: michael, that's right. this is so cool. so i am on board this aircraft carrier and people stayed the night here and slept in the barracks to wake up with the crew and view the super blue blood moon. this family spent the whole night here. i actually heard you telling your boys you're sitting on a runway right now which is absolutely true. you thought the barracks were a little uncomfortable. >> yeah, just a little bit. >> yeah, a little uncomfortable, he said. what did you think? >> i couldn't sleep. >> he couldn't sleep. but they loved this super blue blood moon and your favorite part. >> it was -- when it

the moon will pass closely to earth, appearing both bigger and brighter, called a supermoon. it's also a blue moon, the second full moon of the month. >> but this blue moon is actually going to be red, just se make things interesting. >> reporter: red because the earth's shadow will turn the moon a rust color, called a blood moon. together, it's a grand slam known as a super blue blood moon. >> it's the ultimate lineup, right, you have a whole planet lined up with it. >> reporter: photographer tim mcmanus can seem obsessed. you're stalking the moon. >> pretty much. >> reporter: he sometimes waits years to capture the moon in just the right position near a san francisco landmark. he has a secret location in mind for early tomorrow morning. e just say that there had will be some san francisco iconic images in it. >> reporter: there will be something for everyone in the super blue blood moon. scientists will be measuring what happens when the earth's shadow blocks the sun and the temperature on the moon's surface drops suddenly. >> and so by watching these temperature changes, w

it will have a reddish hue because the red light goes around the earth's atmosphere. will you see it? for the most part yes. there's always exceptions to our weather around here. coastline you're getting a bit foggy. that could be a problem around half-moon bay and pacifica. we're also getting foggy in santa rosa with visibility down to less than a mile. north bay valleys and the coast you have a chance of not seeing the eclipse tonight because you may be fog yichlt it is down to 43 in santa rosa. fremont tonight 36. fairfield 39. mountain view 46 degrees. a lot of stuff going on in the sky tonight. then super quiet because of a ridge of high pressure and a storm track headed in the wrong direction. future cast says tomorrow morning aside from the fog we are cloud free. a little bit of high cloud cover tomorrow evening in the north bay. some high cloud cover early thursday. and a little bit of clouds, that's it. rain chances are 0 for the next ten days. partly cloudy overnight tonight. sun and clouds tomorrow. still mild. and the long range forecast stays dry. and i'l

and the earth is showing its shade. totality ended at 6:07. and you're seeing a brighter moon out there. it is still a super moon t is closest to the -- moon. it is closest to the earth. this is the armstrong field research center from nasa. they're keeping us up to date with the various shots. and the moon is a lot brighter, at least half of it is. and this half is the shade that we're throwing on the moon. but we're going going to see that inch its way and we'll see more of the bigger and bright moon as the moon sets this morning. so luckily this is call occurring before the moon sets. it looks like all we're seeing a few areas of high clouds. but nothing is disrupting too too much views. >>> right now, we're tracking a sig alert this is a live look this is tough to see in the camera shot. but the headlights in the westbound direction this is 80 and highway 4. that has two lanes blocked and the traffic blocking up beyond the skyway. and you'll be in for a slow ride. 35 minute travel time from highway 4 to the mccar thursday carthar maze. bac

the moon will pass closely to earth, appearing both bigger and brighter, called a supermoon. it's also a blue moon, the second full moon of the month. >> but this blue moon is actually going to be red, just to make things interesting. >> reporter: red because the earth's shadow will turn the moon a rust color, called a blood moon. together, it's a grand slam known as a super blue blood moon. >> it's the ultimate lineup, right, you have a whole planet lined up with it. >> reporter: photographer tim mcmanus can seem obsessed. you're stalking the moon. >> pretty much. >> reporter: he sometimes waits years to capture the moon in just the right position near a san francisco landmark. he has a secret location in mind for early tomorrow morning. >> just say that there had will be some san francisco iconic images in it. >> reporter: there will be something for everyone in the super blue blood moon. scientists will be measuring what happens when the earth's shadow blocks the sun and the temperature on the moon's surface drops suddenly. >> and so by watching these temperature changes,

what is the value of the earth? well, it's infnfinite because if we destroy the earth's environment, there is no plan "b." there is no planet "b" that we can go to. how do you put a cost on, you know, on the health of the environment? arguably you can't even do so. and in fact it's that principle that it's an infinite cost when we start talking about those sorts of scenarios that leads some people to, you know, conclude that the precautionary principle applies here, that the potentiaial impact of what we're doing is so potentially harmful to us, to other living things, to the planet that it's almost obvious that we need to mitigate this problem, that we need to take actions now to avert those catastrophic futures, potential futures. >>> welcome back to nhk "newsline". it's 10:00 a.m. on tuesday in tokyo. i'm miki yamamoto. >>> we begin on the kroen piore peninsula where highly-anticipated talks are expected to get under way. they come after a time of heightened tensions and saber