The Seventh Earth

UPDATE March 2011: K-11 / Hell in the Pacific

2011-03-21T02:07:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,

I'm in Australia at the moment and I was observing the aftermath of the New Zealand earthquake ( on the news ) when the earthquake and tsunami in Japan happened. I had just left Japan a week earlier so I narrowly escaped that myself. And on the flight on the way to Japan I had been reading about the second earthquake that hit Chile just before New Zealand. So, I've recently had a shift in perspective on the 'ring of fire' - being a little bit more personally touched by its activity.

I should say that thankfully all my friends and contacts are well and safe in Japan, and it did cross my mind that a site update at the moment might not be entirely appropriate, given the death tolls involved. But it is still all relevant and I haven't updated for a while, so here are the extra new bits. And I think you'll see why it seems particularly appropriate to be sending this one from Australia, as this continent does illustrate some of the things I'm talking about.

Anyway, here are the new bits below, hope you find something interesting there.
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K-11

In February 2011 astronomers announced the discovery of the K-11 star, which is widely regarded as the most important discovery since the first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, in 1995.

Unlike most exoplanet systems so far observed K-11 has 6 gas planets in an orbit closer then Mercury. These planets can not have formed where they are now. Grouped so closely together their gravity should have interfered with their formation. They should have ripped each other apart at the outset.

In other words the K-11 system may be full of migrant worlds that have changed their orbits.

http://www.theseventhearth.com/k-11.htm
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HELL IN THE PACIFIC

On February 12, 2011 an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the richter scale struck central-southern Chile - a year after it was struck by an 8.8.

On February 22 a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch in South Island, New Zealand.

On March 11 a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Northern Japan, the strongest that the country has yet seen.

All the above quakes were followed by aftershocks.

These earthquakes are all happening around the well known and closely observed belt of volcanic and earthquake activity that runs around the Pacific, known as the 'Ring of Fire'. Devastating though these events are they should be no surprise as increased tectonic activity goes hand in hand with global warming.

But the pattern of these earthquakes connects with 2 points I have been illustrating on this website - the concept of the 'closing' of the Pacific as the beginning of a contraction period, which involves massive increase in plate movements.

http://www.theseventhearth.com/GW_hell_pacific.htm

http://www.theseventhearth.com/GW_Chile.htm

Update May 2010: Magma Oceans of Venus / The Seventh Earth Project

2010-05-31T14:52:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,

Venus has started, and I've been avoiding it for some years now, 'cos it's a hell planet. Not only is it one of the larger rock planets in this solar-system, It's also one of the larger problems with my hypothesis because it's too big for it's place in the timeline. But its tectonic activity is perfect - just as extreme as it should be, its ferocity only matched by some of Jupiter's moons. I've started with a gravity anomaly map comparison to determine its relationship to my early Earth continents. Then I'm going to move on to Magma Oceans of both.

http://www.theseventhearth.com/venus_crust.htm

Also, you may remember in January I mentioned the expanding of the concept of the site to a new level of accompanying media projects. 'The Seventh Earth Project' is the beginning of the Archiving of the electronic music of the Invisible Earths, developed in collaboration with D1 Recordings.

Listen here;
http://www.seventhearthproject.com

Available now on D1 Recordings;
http://www.d1.ie

This release ushers in a new period of Seventh Earth Projects.

Hope you find something interesting there. Thanks for continuing to read.

Alan Lambert

Update March 2010: Chile quake shifts Earth's axis and shortens day / Mirror Tectonics

2010-03-31T03:32:00.000-07:00

Update March 2010: Chile quake shifts Earth's axis and shortens day / Mirror Tectonics

Hi everybody,

Well, it looks like a new period is upon us - actual astronomical changes as a progression of global warming. As I discussed on the site, global warming accelerates tectonic activity. The three earthquakes that we've seen in quick succession so far this year are a case in point.

The Chile earthquake, on February 27, has apparently caused the earth to shift off its axis by up to 3 inches, with the result of a day now being 1.26 milliseconds shorter. The earthquake registered 8.8 on the Richter scale and has the seventh highest recorded magnitude.

It was preceded by the earthquake in Haiti, magnitude 7.0, on January 12, and followed by the earthquake in Turkey, magnitude 6.0, on March 8.

The positioning and sequence of these earthquakes is also in keeping with the idea of 'bouncing' earthquake waves, which I outlined in the section 'Mirror-plates'.
But more significantly, it suggests the idea of an earthquake 'runaway loop'.

http://www.theseventhearth.com/GW_Chile.htm

More in the 'Global Warming' and 'Mars Mission' sections.

Hope you find something interesting there. Thanks for continuing to read.

Alan Lambert

2010-02-23T13:46:00.000-08:00

The Seventh Earth Update: February 2010: 7th Birthday / Earth Projects / New Updates

Hi Everybody,

Today is the seventh birthday of The Seventh Earth, and in the past seven years it has been viewed from nearly every country in the world and has had a readership of over 115 thousand people ( and that's proper reads, not just hits ).

http://www.theseventhearth.com

The updates have been a bit few and far between in some years, as you may have noticed, particularly when the AU demoted Pluto and promoted Ceres and Sedna and I had to completely re-design the homepage. But the structure of the site is finally complete and is now ready to move on to a new level of monthly mailouts, and a new level of accompanying media projects in 'The Seventh Earth Projects' -
http://www.d1.ie
http://www.seventhearthprojects.com
'The Seventh Earth Projects' is the beginning of the Achiving of the electronic music of the Invisible Earths, developed in collaboration with D1 Recordings. Listen here; http://soundcloud.com/d1-recordings/the-seventh-earth-project-archive-one-side-a

New in this of the site version is the revamped first section 'The Visible Earths', which some revised sections on the plate-tectonics - http://www.theseventhearth.com/index1.htm
The 'Timeline', which is a linear reference for the sequence of all the various events and stages of my hypothesis, with a few added animations - http://www.theseventhearth.com/timeline.htm
And the new section 'Sol' - http://www.theseventhearth.com/sol.htm
This section outlines some basic ideas about what questions my hypothesis raises which may ultimately be directed towards the central body of our system - the star 'Sol' ( The Sun ).

And I've been catching up on web stuff like Facebook and Blogs ( Myspace to be a bit dated now )

Here's the new blog; http://theseventhearth.blogspot.com

And the facebook page; http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Seventh-Earth/271283118857

So, thanks for all your support and interest over the past seven years, I hope the new site keeps it for the next seven. And I'd like to end with a little recap on one of the better responses to my site amongst more serious readers - the editors of Wikipedia;
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WIKIPEDIA EDITORS DISCUSSION:

MICHAELBUSCH: April 8, 2007 6:02 PM

Given how many times this article has been deleted and reposted, should it be protected against recreation?

QUARL: April 12, 2007 7:26 AM

Hi Michaelbusch, thanks for your concern; actually when I said it had been deleted 6 times before it was an unsuccessful attempt at humour, referring to the thesis of the subject of the article that everything that happens on Earth has happened six times already.
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At least they get what I'm talking about.

Alan Lambert

Update December 2009: 'SOL' ( The Sun )

2009-12-19T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody,

The second last section of the site that was still left 'Under Construction' is finally started;

SOL: http://www.theseventhearth.com/sol.htm

This section outlines some basic ideas about what questions my hypothesis raises which may ultimately be directed towards the central body of our system - the star 'Sol' ( The Sun ).

I most recently updated the 'Snow on Mars' and 'Water On The Moon' sections;
Snow on Mars: http://www.theseventhearth.com/MM_21.htm
Water on the Moon: http://www.theseventhearth.com/luna_10.htm
Previously I started the Moon section 'Luna' and have still to start the 'timeline' which will make it easier to cross-reference the different sections.

Anybody who is familiar with the site will be aware of the way the sections interconnect - 'Mars Mission' picks up where 'Global Warming' left off and so on, and they all link to other relevant pages ( you can nearly navigate your way through it something like an old 'Fighting Fantasy' gamebook ) and so on. Those of you who aren't familiar with the site, 'About This Site' will give you all the background;
http://www.theseventhearth.com/about.html

I usually update the support sites at the same time as the main site, and these are a little more extensive now;
E7 - is the bibliography of the site and gives you what other sites and periodicals and books I've been trawling through;
http://www.e7.ie
E7Media - is the site that covers more peripheral work that simply enhances or is inspired by the original site. There are several recent musical and film projects I developed that I've linked to here;
http://www.e7media.net

You can also check the previous mailouts on the blog;
http://theseventhearth.blogspot.com

So, I you find something of interest in the new sections.
Thanks for taking the time,

Alan Lambert

http://www.metaldragon.net
http://www.myspace.com/earth7
http://www.youtube.com/seventhearth

UPDATE WINTER 2008/2009: SNOW ON MARS / WATER ON THE MOON

2009-11-23T09:31:00.000-08:00

Hi Everybody,

Last September 'Phoenix' saw snow at the Martian pole, and ancient rocks from the moon yielded evidence of water from 3 billion years ago. I've started to add these developments and integrate them into the site - still needs alot of work though, so, more soon, ...

Snow on Mars: http://www.theseventhearth.com/MM_21.htm
Water on the Moon: http://www.theseventhearth.com/luna_10.htm

UPDATE JULY 2008 / 'LUNACY' / GIANT IMPACT

2009-11-23T09:19:00.000-08:00

lunacy

noun ( pl. -cies)

the state of being a lunatic; insanity (not in technical use) : it has been suggested that originality demands a degree of lunacy.

ORIGIN mid 16th cent.(originally referring to insanity of an intermittent kind attributed to changes of the moon): from lunatic + -acy .

impact
noun
the effect or influence of one person, thing, or action, on another.
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Hi everybody,

For a minute there I thought I was going crazy. I thought it was going to be a full year between updates! phew! ( and this time the delay in updating was because I decided that the site needed to be re-designed ). Anyway, the Lunar section has started;

LUNA: http://www.theseventhearth.com/luna.htm

The guy on the index page is 'Anaxagoras', the first Greek thinker to propose that the Moon was a solid, Earth-like body, or 'stone-star'. The Luna section will explore the recent 'Giant Impact' theory of the Moon's origin and, like the other sections, it begins with a general overview of the history of Moon theories. I've left it 'to be continued' on the seventh page, but very soon I will be tying it in with the other sections. Anybody who is familiar with the site will be aware of the way the sections interconnect - 'Mars Mission' picks up where 'Global Warming' left off and so on and so on. Those of you who aren't familiar with the site, 'About This Site' will give you all the background;

http://www.theseventhearth.com/about.html

I usually update the support sites at the same time as the main site,

E7; http:www.e7.ie

Earth7Media; earth7media.com

but this time I want to do a more extensive overhaul on them, and on the World Indexes, so they'll come separately, but soon ( at the moment they date from my research as it was last October ).

So, I hope the new look to the site grabs your eye and that you find something of interest in the new sections. Thanks for taking the time,

Alan Lambert

UPDATE MAY 2006 / OCTOBER 2007 – ’THE YEAR THAT WAS IN IT’

2009-11-23T09:10:00.000-08:00

NEW MARTIAN ERAS / GLOBAL WARMING / NEW EARTHS / NEW SYSTEM / Support Sites / Responses and Some Reflections
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Hi Everyone,
As you can see it's over a year since I've updated - due to several unforeseen factors: The re-classification of the 'items' of the Solar-System, the discovery of the closest thing yet to a new Earth, a variety of natural disasters, and, the most delaying factor of all, the loss of my laptop with no backup copies of anything on it, including all my research. But despite all that, here's what's new.

NEW SECTIONS: Mars Mission / Global Warming
UPDATED SECTIONS: The Super Earths / The Invisible Earths / About This Site
SUPPORT SITES: E7 / Earth7media

Mars Mission: http://www.theseventhearth.com/MM.htm
This section correlates the new geology of Mars, as revised by the information sent back from the recent batch of rovers and landers, to the premise of the site and integrates it with the earlier sections.

Global Warming: http://www.theseventhearth.com/global_warming.htm
This section relates this revised Martian history to the present Earth climate change and projected global warming scenarios.

The Super Earths: http://www.theseventhearth.com/40a-gliese.htm
This section explores the recent extra-solar observations and planet formation theories, and includes Gliese 581, the most Earth-like extra-solar planet so far found.

The Invisible Earths: http://www.theseventhearth.com/201_sedna.htm
This section now includes many of the new found objects, beyond Pluto, and the re-classification of the Solar System from last year.

About This Site: http://www.theseventhearth.com/about.html
This section is revised to define the site and outline my approach to it more clearly. It had a curious time on MySpace discussion forums, with some inevitably and predictably visceral responses, but in many ways it stood it's ground. The need to define it more specifically, and in what way to do so, became apparent from the forums. In response to those responses I have also
built two more sites;

'E7': http://www.e7.ie
'E7media': http://www.earth7media.com
These are support sites which begin to break the work up into more manageable bites. E7 is the bibliography and appendix website which will contain all my reserach and references and links to contemporary work in these fields. Earth7media is a site for the more reflective and fantasy based aspects of the concept.

I've quoted some of the discussion forum conversations below, but before them I've quoted some ideas that Douglas Adams expressed in the fourth Hitch-Hiker's book, which I think perfectly capture a fundamental dichotomy in what I am doing with my website.

Douglas Adams: 'So long, and thanks for all the fish' 1984

Wonko The Sane: 'I'm a scientist and I know what constitutes proof. But the reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be absolutely like a child. If he sees a thing, he must say that he sees it, whether it was what he thought he was going to see or not. See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what
you were expecting. Most scientists forget that. … The other reason I call myself Wonko The Sane is so that people will think I am a fool. That allows me to say what I see when I see it. You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool.

MySpace: Discussion Forum - Geology Rocks

Josiah: July 17, 2006 6:39 AM

I don't want to say that thinking outside the box is a bad thing, but you have to pay homage to … the likes of Alfred Wegener, S J Gould, Ewing, Einstein, Pasteur, etc. … It is really frustrating when pseudoscience comes along and declares a theory without ever putting it through rigorous scientific experimentation. ( see my definition in 'About This Site' in relation to pseudoscience )

RAY: Jul 20, 2006 9:07 Am/11:43 PM
( Ray Willcox is a Professional 'hardrock' Geologist, Structural Geologist and Exploration Geochemist from Spokane, Washington. U.S. ( Graduate of the University Of Texas at El Paso )

When I reflect on this ( above ), every one of those respected scientists thought 'outside the box.' And some of them were derided (i.e. dissed) and constantly ridiculed for doing so. … The first published advocate of continental drift paid a higher price, dying ( alone on an ice field, I believe
) before his theories were accepted. ... Keep rocking the boat. Right or wrong, it doesn't hurt to think creatively ...

If you are even partially correct, and if you live long enough, you will be honored by intense ridicule, violent opposition, and, finally, "Duh! That's patently obvious to the most casual observer," mumbled by munchkins, minions, and mindless cretins, all groping for idiosyncrasy.

Non illegitimi carborundrum!

WIKIPEDIA EDITORS DISCUSSION:

MICHAELBUSCH: April 8, 2007 6:02 PM

Given how many times this article has been deleted and reposted, should it be protected against recreation?

QUARL: April 12, 2007 7:26 AM

Hi Michaelbusch, thanks for your concern; actually when I said it had been deleted 6 times before it was an unsuccessful attempt at humour, referring to the thesis of the subject of the article that everything that happens on Earth has happened six times already.
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At least they get what I'm talking about.

I hope you'll find something interesting or thought provoking in the new sections of The Seventh Earth. Thanks for reading.

Alan Lambert

October 5 2007

UPDATE MAY 2006 / 'ORIGINS': THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC

2009-11-23T09:06:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, welcome back to The Seventh Earth.

In the last update, from March, the main new addition was 'The Super-Earths', which deals primarily with the recent jump in extrasolar planetary observation. http://www.theseventhearth.com/index4.htm

There was also some adjusted layout, a new introduction, and the 'World Indexes'. The 'World Indexes' are the start of a mapping of the planet's independent creative activity, beginning with electronic music. As I mentioned at the time, these indexes are not directly related to the theoretical content of the rest of the site.
http://www.theseventhearth.com/Map_europe_index.html

In this update the main new addition is the section 'Origins'. I decided to compile this section to trace more specifically how this project evolved from my peripheral involvement with electronic music and independent film-making, centering on the development of independent electronic music in Ireland, via 'D1 Recordings', and the influence of Detroit techno from 'Underground
Resistance' and 'Drexciya'. This section will hopefully explain more about the connection between the concept of The Seventh Earth and the World Indexes. http://www.theseventhearth.com/Origins_intro.htm

I have also added some new menu sections to allow for the new sections which will be required in future editions. I've listed them here because they have links to the other sections of the site to which they will relate and which suggested the need for them in the first place. I'm hoping this will keep the potential 'sprawling' content of this site under more control for the reader. As I've mentioned before, this site will probably always be a work in progress, and as my research progresses more topics emerge that need to be addressed and so the site continues to expand. The new menu sections I have added are;

1.MARS MISSION: This section will correlate the new geology of Mars with the hypothesis of this website. Mars is being constantly revised by the information coming back from the new generation of Mars landers. My work with Mars so far is based on the 'Mola Maps' and the original Viking landing's 'Crater Counts', so this section will develop this in more detail ( The 'Mola Maps' and 'Crater Counts' I have attached as jpgs because they look cool ).

2.LUNA: This will deal with how the recent 'Giant Impact Theory' of the moon's origin relates to this website's hypothesis.

3.SOL: This section will deal with our star as the origin of it all.

NOTE: It is important to read the 'Origins' section in conjunction with the site's introduction, so I have also listed 'About This Site' below.

1. ORIGINS: D1/UR/DREXCIYA http://www.theseventhearth.com/Origins_intro.htm
2. ABOUT THIS SITE http://www.theseventhearth.com/about.html
3. NEW MENU SECTIONS: SOL/LUNA/MARS MISSION
http://www.theseventhearth.com/index.htm
4. Attachments: 1. Mola Maps. 2. Crater Count.

So, I hope you continue to find the site interesting and I look forward to any comments or feedback.
Thanks for taking the time,

ALAN LAMBERT
May 26 2006

UPDATE MARCH 2006 / THE SUPER EARTHS

2009-11-23T09:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,
Sorry about the tardiness of this update. I think in the last update from Aprilof last year I said the updates would probably be quarterly but between one thing and another I missed out a few seasons - learning new software, the day job, the usual - but this year I should be able to update it more regularly.

Whats new in this edition;

1. THE SUPER EARTHS
2. LAYOUT
3. INTRODUCTION
4. BIBLIOGRAPHY
5. WORLD INDEXES
6. LINKS
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1. THE SUPER EARTHS
The main new section is The Super Earths, which deals primarily with the recent jump in extrasolar planet observations. This section also starts a more thorough cross referencing between the other sections of the site, which I hope will start to pull together the overall scope of the concept.The Super Earths: http://www.theseventhearth.com/index4.htm
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2. LAYOUT
The overall look and layout of the site Ive updated to allow for the developing sections. I should also credit the original site design by my brother John (http://www.johnlambertdesign.com ) which I've used as a template.
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3. INTRODUCTION
I've also written an introduction which outlines more in terms of what the site actually is and where it comes from. The earlier versions got some very varied interpretations ranging from satire to fantasy to crackpot theorist, although I should say that those versions were rudimentary enough that it was also finding its way as a work in progress, and to an extent still is. The introduction to this edition is in the section About This Site:http://www.theseventhearth.com/about.html
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4. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Some previous comments on the site also noted the absence of any reference to further reading. Ive started the bibliography but its small enough as itstands because, well, you know the way it is with the internet, you can find almost anything but trying to find your way back to where you started is a different matter, so the first sections I developed dont have references. The new bibliography is just what relates to the new section but I will be adding to it from here on.

Apart from the internet the main source of reading is actually magazines like Scientific American or National Geographic, rather than textbooks, as I find new research makes its way into periodicals quicker than into textbooks and I prefer to keep the site as contemporary as possible. Having said that,The Visible Earths is not difficult to find further reading on as its built on material that one could find in any pocket geography book. The start of the bibliography and website links is in the section Notes:http://www.theseventhearth.com/423-notes.htm
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5. WORLD INDEXES
Ive also started the World Indexes. These do not relate directly to the restof the site. They are a way of building a global database of independent artists - musicians, film-makers etc. - which can create a network by which theconcept of The Seventh Earth may spread, while simultaneously drawing creative responses as well as technical or scientific. Creative thinking is a big partof the development of the site. You will see in the introduction in About This Site the role that I think lateral thinking plays in all of this.World Indexes: http://www.theseventhearth.com/Map_europe_index.html
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6. LINKS
Here is a list of links to the new Super Earth sections:
1. 51 Pegasi: http://www.theseventhearth.com/401-51pegasi.htm
2. Doppler Effect: http://www.theseventhearth.com/402-doppler.htm
3. Rhythmic Shift: http://www.theseventhearth.com/403-rhythmic.htm
4. Eccentric Giants: http://www.theseventhearth.com/404-eccentric.htm
5. Transsiters: http://www.theseventhearth.com/405-transitters.htm
6. Mu Arae: http://www.theseventhearth.com/406-mu_arae.htm
7. Intermediate World: http://www.theseventhearth.com/407-intermediate.htm
8. Worlds Observed: http://www.theseventhearth.com/408-observed.htm
9. Extra Solar Earths: http://www.theseventhearth.com/409-extrasolar.htm
10. Migrant Worlds: http://www.theseventhearth.com/410-migrant.htm
11. Accretion: http://www.theseventhearth.com/411-accretion.htm
12. Core Accretion: http://www.theseventhearth.com/412-core_accretion.htm
13. Disk Erosion: http://www.theseventhearth.com/413-erosion.htm
14. Planetary Embryos: http://www.theseventhearth.com/414-embryo.htm
15. The Protected Zone: http://www.theseventhearth.com/415-protected.htm
16. Ecosphere: http://www.theseventhearth.com/416-ecosphere.htm
17. Ecosphere II: http://www.theseventhearth.com/417-ecosphere2.htm
18. Beta Pictoris: http://www.theseventhearth.com/418-beta.htm
19. Vanquishing Starlight: http://www.theseventhearth.com/419-vanquish.htm
20. Red Edge / Earth Shine: http://www.theseventhearth.com/420-rededge.htm
21. Distant Continents: http://www.theseventhearth.com/421-distant.htm
22. The Age of Stars: http://www.theseventhearth.com/422-age_stars.htm
23. Notes: http://www.theseventhearth.com/423-notes.htm

You will see that much of the site is still under construction, but I've tried to leave as few dead ends as possible by the cross referencing. I think you can actually start the site from anywhere.

So, I hope you find it interesting and I look forward to any comments or feedback.
Thanks for taking the time,

ALAN LAMBERT
March 10 2006