Monday, July 9, 2012

Are we safe from the Sun? Solar flares keep on getting Stronger - AR 1515

Are we safe from the sun? Solar flares keep on getting stronger - with latest hotspot the size of 15 Earths strung together - daily mail uk

I think we should keep an eye on this Bad Boy.  Largest of the season so far.  
Sunspot AR 1515, Massive Eruption/Flare 4.7.2012

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory saw an active region on the sun, labeled AR1515, sent out an M5.3 class solar flare that peaked on Independence Day July 4th, 2012
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory saw an active region on the sun, labeled AR1515, sent out an M5.3 class solar flare that peaked on Independence Day July 4th, 2012


This image, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows the M5.3 class solar flare that peaked on July 4, 2012
INCOMING CME: On July 4th, sunspot AR1515 hurled at least four minor CMEs into space. Most flew south of the ecliptic plane (the orbital plane of the planets), on track to miss everything. One of them, however, appears to be heading toward Earth.

The explosion hurled a CME into space. According to this movie from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, the cloud appears to be heading south and away from Earth. However, we cannot yet rule out a glancing blow to our planet on July 8th or 9th. Stay tuned for further analysis.

X-FLARE: For days, giant sunspot AR1515 has looked capable of producing a really strong explosion. On July 6th it finally did. Yesterday, the sunspot's magnetic canopy erupted, producing a brief but potent X1.1-class solar flare. spaceweather.com

We'll be Fine.....

Right?
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1 comment:

  1. http://swc.gsfc.nasa.gov/main/20120712-AL-003

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqnp66vaSSA&feature=share

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