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Massive flares unleashed from Sun in 24 hour period

  • 06-11-2011 7:19pm
    #1
    Weylin
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    November 6, 2011 – Sunspot AR1339 is crackling with M-class solar flares, unleashing at least five of them in the past 24 hours. The blasts have been coming with such thick frequency that photographer Randy Shivak of Elyria, Ohio, was able to catch one in action on Nov. 5th: “Looking like iron filings around a bar magnet, sunspot group 1339 showed itself in the throes of a solar flare,” says Shivak. Even bigger eruptions are possible before the weekend is over. AR1339 has a delta-class magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class flares. The sunspot is turning toward Earth, so the odds of a geo-effective flare are increasing. Sunspot 1339 has a delta-class magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class solar flares. –Space Weather

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  • #2
    Cork boy 55
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    What are the implications for humanity?


  • #3
    leggit
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    Cork boy 55 wrote: »
    What are the implications for humanity?

    The end is nigh


  • #4
    Outkast_IRE
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    leggit wrote: »
    The end is nigh
    Tilt your head to the right and look at the big top photo , the white bit looks like some sort of , Molten Man trying to escape with a black head above the white body. :D


  • #5
    PMU
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    Cork boy 55 wrote: »
    What are the implications for humanity?
    none,our magnetic field will protect us


  • #6
    Prenderb
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    I wonder will we see aurorae - or is there a CME associated with these?


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  • #7
    Cork boy 55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Cork boy 55


    "On March 13th, 1989 a huge solar induced magnetic storm played havoc with the ionosphere, and the earth's magnetic field. This storm, the second largest storm experienced in the past 50 years, totally shut down Hydro-Quebec, the power grid servicing Canada's Quebec province. "


    http://www.ips.gov.au/Educational/1/3/12


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