Indeed this is BS.... that Discovery Civilization channel had this as one of their hypothetical disasters to freak out about.... they went on for an hour describing what would happen and how long it'd take for the earth to suddenly stop and all the destruction would occur.......
Then of course at the end they state
"Now this will never happen, but to see what happens when something like this occurs helps to show just how fragile our earth really is"
Kiss me arse Discovery, you just wasted an hour of my life where I could have been watching Family Guy....
It's like that other one where they describe what would happen if all humanity just..... Suddenly Vanished.
Thanks for the sci-fi fear mongering, it was entertaining, but the sad thing is that there are people out there who believe this crap and start freaking out. It's stupid shows like these that probably made that nut bar hold hostages at Discovery because he believed them to be true.
What's next, my co-worker sitting beside me is a sleeper-agent terrorist waiting to blow himself up after I make this post?
Added:
Nope.... he didn't blow himself up
By the way, this is the episode that was on Discovery Civ.
Aftermath | When the Earth Stops Spinning | National Geographic Channel
^ I swear Greenpeace and the Sea Sheppards fund this crap.
Huh huh huh :smile:
What's all this mixing ?
I believe that by the time this possibly happens that scientists will find a way to make the earth spin themselves.
Why the Earth will stop its axial rotation
The cause of the Earth axial rotation is the heat present in its core. Obviously, this heat will not last for ever, but will finish and the Earth will gradually cool little by little in the course of time.
Therefore, when the Earth central heat will finish, it will come to a standstill; i.e. it will not rotate around itself; and that will take place for two reasons:
The first is the depletion of its central heat,
and the second is the large amount of particles and meteorites that continuously fall on it from the space; so that its cold crust will increase, and it will stop its axial rotation.
Then there will be no succession of the day and night, but the night will be everlasting till Doomsday; because the side facing the sun will have an everlasting day, that no night will succeed, while the side -that is not facing the sun- will have an everlasting night that no day will succeed.
God -be exalted - said in the Quran 28: 71-72
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ اللَّيْلَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ إِلَهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِضِيَاء أَفَلَا تَسْمَعُونَ . قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِن جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ النَّهَارَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ إِلَهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُم بِلَيْلٍ تَسْكُنُونَ فِيهِ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
The explanation:
(Say [to them, O Mohammed]: “What’s your opinion: if God makes for you the night everlasting till the Doomsday, who is a god other than God who could bring you [day-] light? Will you not then hear [the wind and the falling of the snow?]”
Say: “What’s your opinion: if God makes for you the day everlasting till the Doomsday, who is a god other than God who could bring you night wherein you may rest? Will you not then see [the severe heat of the sun?] )
The interpretation:
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To each one of these zones will be its criteria:
The noon zone
It will be very hot: the hottest region because it is always facing the vertical sun rays. If one is in that region he will see the sun above his head in the sky.
The temperature will reach hundreds of degrees, the seas will evaporate, the mountain rocks will be smashed into dust and the ground will be seared.
The wind will blow because of the different pressures because of the heat.
Then all living creatures will die and perish: the plant will burn, the animal will die, mankind will perish in that region; at the start they will go to the subterranean caverns under the ground, but later all will die and none will remain alive in that zone.
God - be glorified - said in the Quran 74: 32-34
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ . وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ . وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
The explanation:
(No, [they cannot get rid of the torment; I swear] by the moon [when it divides into two halves!]
And [by] the night when it retires [from you, and will never return to you!]
And [by] the morning when it shines forth [and you will never have night again.] )