Today’s interesting fact has to do with magnetic fields and the eye.

Many animals can sense magnetic fields.

There are many different methods that have been developed by nature to allow animals to do this.

One system is a chemical that is found in the eyes of many animals, as diverse as mammals, birds, and insects.

It has been noticed that high power electric transmission lines seems to affect animals with this system.

Recently this chemical has been found to exist in human eyes, although no one has yet determined if humans can detect magnetic fields.

But I had a thought, when I had learnt this.

A small number of people I know seem to be affected by high power electric lines.

They complain of headaches, spots in their vision, and poor eye sight after going under one of these lines or electrical pylons.

Add this to the aura that some individuals claim to be able to see.

Someone I know, lets call them S, regularly visits one of these individuals who claims to see auras.

In a recent visit this individual noted that S's aura was out of its normal shape.

It just so happened that S had just gone under one of those lines.

Could it be that some people can see magnetic lines and see them as auras, because of this chemical?

Watch this space, and if I read anything more on this subject, I will post it here.

I was away from things for the past few days, so here is Wednesday’s interesting fact.

Today’s interesting fact has to do with high voltage electric transmission and sun eruptions.

Our civilisation relies on electricity.

It provides our light, heats our homes, cools our food, is starting to move our cars, it is the power for our industries.

Without electricity, it is doubted by some that our civilisation would survive.

The system of high voltage electric transmissions, that take our electricity from the power stations that generate it to where we use it, is under threat.

As shown in the 1859 solar eruption, when telegraph lines burnt out and operators where shocked, and again in 1989 when Hydro-Quebec Canadian power grid went down for more than nine hours, our current system is not proof against solar eruptions.

If a large eruption went off, we could lose everything we now rely on.