(12-26-2015, 06:32 AM)Horse Wrote: (12-25-2015, 05:16 PM)Chasaha Wrote: Clarification:
So are you saying that the sparks could be in the camera's sensors, as opposed to 'literal' flying through the air ionized particles?
Has a spark event ever been captured on both cams at the same time that we know of? I am guessing not. But, I don't know for sure.
Wondering 
Chasaha and Pia, thanks for asking for clarification of the sparking activity. My hypothesis is that the sparks are the effects of radiation striking the Charged Coupled Devices in the camera. In the early days, as I watched, they were often blinking in the background, lots of radiation and lots of sparking. I’ve worked with various cameras in industrial settings and the sparks stood out as an anomaly to me. TEPCO covered and cooled the melts and pools; the sparking became less noteworthy as we watched and blogged about more noticeable events; and with only time lapse recordings to review the sparks mostly disappeared. Why do we have so few normal speed recordings to look at? Without being able to explain exactly what and how and why the sparks were, counting them was easy enough. I think the spark counts are measuring the radioactivity of the off-gassing melts and pools. Off-gassing vapor, clouds of charged particles drift in the air. I wonder what type of radiation the sparks are.
Quote:Alpha particles and beta particles are considered directly ionizing because they carry a charge and can, therefore, interact directly with atomic electrons through coulombic forces (i.e. like charges repel each other; opposite charges attract each other).
The neutron is an indirectly ionizing particle. It is indirectly ionizing because it does not carry an electrical charge. Ionization is caused by charged particles, which are produced during collisions with atomic nuclei.
The third type of ionizing radiation includes gamma and X rays, which are electromagnetic, indirectly ionizing radiation. These are indirectly ionizing because they are electrically neutral (as are all electromagnetic radiations) and do not interact with atomic electrons through coulombic forces.
http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/ab..._is_ir/en/
A and B are charged particles which could be the nuclei of Fuku fog. G is wave energy. I picked up the term 'gamma sparks' from the chat at the ISS feed. People were calling the sparks a gamma storm, even though the particles coming off the sun as solar wind are thought to be positively charged. Radiation does affect ccd camera sensors but little info is in the public domain. One source says Alpha is most likely to be the cause. LWH points out that A and B don’t travel far and are easily blocked and gamma only travels maybe yards so how could it be measuring sources that are much further away. The radioactive steam coming off the melts and rising from the pools can concentrate in the air over the plant under certain weather conditions and that could put radioactive sources closer to the cameras. Even if I’m not knowledgeable enough about radiation detection yet, and I’m here to learn, the evidence I’ve gathered with a count of the sparks supports the premise that the ccd cameras are measuring some type of radiation at Daiichi. I’m glad others are taking notice and helping me figure out what the sparks are telling us.
With all due respect...
I am not sure if I agree with the 'sparks' on cam hypothesis. However, I will say it's a good one and highly probable.
On the other hand, my opinion, at this time, is that most of the observed sparks are literal sparks ionizing in the highly radioactive gaseous atmosphere above the meltdowns.
Here are some reasons why I think a 'Hypothesis 2' is also possible.
1. Based on Bionerd (youtube user) videos where cams are hit with radiation and he shows you the results. The results look nothing like these sparks.
2. When Kodak film is exposed is looks like little white spots moving randomly.
3. This may be more what it looks like when a cam takes a big gamma hit. IMO
10/18/2012 (via nuckelchen)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2099954/Rad%20T...%20001.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2099...%20001.JPG
4. The 'sparks' tend to move/fly in an upward direction.
5. I recall observing a 'spark' that moved behind a crane arm. In other words, it was on the far side of the crane and the arm blocked view momentarily. Sorry, don't have the screen shot of that particular one.
6. Most sparks just don't seem to move or have the 'feel' of a digital screen blip.
(This is kind of a vague statement, but it's the best way I could put it.)
Here's a bright blue double spark I took on 2012/06/29
I remember watching them walk up the screen.
Not a good day at Fuku.
The reason I inquired as to if anyone had captured a spark on both cams was that would be one way of verifying it's not just in the cam.

We do agree that somehow we are seeing the results of FALLOUT from ongoing TRIPLE MELTDOWNS.