Solar Update - Earth in Line of Fire
Posted by JAC on 2/15/2011, 7:12 am
Time for a new thread.  Thought I'd start with the X2.2 from last night.

Solar Watcher will be putting out an Earthquake Warning shortly.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh6xmY3Np5Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LAIokzpwfc



FIRST X-FLARE OF THE NEW SOLAR CYCLE:

Sunspot 1158 has unleashed the strongest solar flare in more than four years.

The eruption, which peaked at 0156 UT on Feb. 15th, registered X2 on the Richter scale of solar flares.

X-flares are the strongest type of solar flare, and this is the first such eruption of new Solar Cycle 24.

In addition to flashing Earth with UV radiation, the explosion also hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) in our direction.

The expanding cloud may be seen in this movie from NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft.

http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/browse/2011/02/15/behind_20110215_cor2_512.mpg

Geomagnetic storms are possible when the CME arrives 36 to 48 hours hence.

Stay tuned for updates.










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