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UPDATED!! An EVEN BIGGER X17 solar explosion occurred today!!! More possibilities of GeoMagnetic storms and auroras!!

ScoobMaster

ScoobMaster

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"An intense X5-class solar flare erupted today (Oct. 23rd at 8:35 UT) from sunspot 486 near the sun's southeastern limb. The explosion hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space"

More Details Here

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A similar explosion occurred yesterday that might trigger some Geomagnetic activity tomorrow (10.24). This could potentially effect power grids and (more likely) play havoc with radio and satellite transmissions. I hope I don't lose my DirecTV feed!! 😉

***UPDATE 10-28***

SEVERE SOLAR ACTIVITY: One of the most powerful solar flares in years, a remarkable X17-category explosion, erupted from sunspot 486 this morning at approximately 1110 UT. A strong solar radiation storm is in progress. (Click here to learn about the effects of such storms.) The explosion hurled a coronal mass ejection almost directly toward Earth. When it left the sun, the cloud was traveling 2125 km/s (more than 4 million mph). The CME could trigger bright auroras when it sweeps past Earth perhaps as early as tonight.

Follow the link above to spaceweather.com for more info, or scroll to the bottom and to page 2!


*** Thanks to SHUTTLETEAM for bringing this to my attention! 🙂
 
Ouch.

I can't wait for all the wireless network users to call me now saying my systems are down.
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From the NOAA Space Environment Center (emphasis added by me)

SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY BULLETIN #03- 2
2003 October 21 at 06:11 p.m. MDT (2003 October 22 0011 UTC)

**** INTENSE ACTIVE REGIONS EMERGE ON SUN ****

Two very dynamic centers of activity have emerged on the sun. NOAA Region 484 developed rapidly over the past three days and is now one of the largest sunspot clusters to emerge during Solar Cycle 23, approximately 10 times larger than Earth.
This region, which is nearing the center of the solar disk, already produced a major flare (category R3 Radio Blackout on the NOAA Space Weather Scales) on 19 October at 1650 UTC. The region continues to grow, and additional substantial flare activity is likely.

A second intense active region is rotating around the southeast limb of the sun. Though the sunspot group is not yet visible, two powerful eruptions occurred on 21 October as seen from the LASCO instrument on the SOHO spacecraft. These eruptions may herald the arrival of a volatile active center with the potential to impact various Earth systems.

Further major eruptions are possible from these active regions as they rotate across the face of the sun over the next two weeks. Agencies impacted by solar flare radio blackouts, geomagnetic storms, and solar radiation storms may experience disruptions over this two-week period. These include satellite and other spacecraft operations, power systems, HF communications, and navigation systems.
 
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Originally posted by: MazerRackham
We need to send Bruce Willis and Ben Aflleck up there! 😉
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Leave Bruce Willis here. Go ahead and send Afleck....
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ALFAK? You want to send the AFLAK duck up there?!

Haven't you seen his commercials? He royally fumbles every move!


:beer:😀
 
"An intense X5-class solar flare erupted today (Oct. 23rd at 8:35 UT) from sunspot 486 near the sun's southeastern limb. The explosion hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space"
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ENGAGE THE INTERSPACE MEGA FUSION BLASTER INTERCEPTOR WIDGETS!!!
 
I hope everyone has their foil hats ready. Otherwise your brain will be fried by the magnetic energy that will be produced. 😀
 
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