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The bright spot near the center of the photo is a solar flare that NASA observed on Sunday.
February 15th, 2011
12:14 PM ET
Sun has biggest solar flare of the year
If you live at a high northern or southern latitude, watch for some spectacular lights in the sky Tuesday night.
The sun unleashed its strongest solar flare of the year Sunday, and the cloud of radiation it spewed will hit Earth's magnetic field Tuesday, NASA said.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a brief but intense flash signaling the ejection of a cloud of ultraviolet radiation.
The source of the flare, sunspot 1158, is growing rapidly, the observatory reported.
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Solar flare eh? Thought my tan seemed a little darker. he he
Phil; You noticed that too?
your skin is darker because the lack of oxygen.
Solar flares will be increasing as 2012 approaches and then KABOOM. End of the Earth. Plan accordingly.
I cannot wait until 2012 comes and passes without the world ending. What will people like you do then?
Hey CW, I think you missed the point – he said to plan for life after the end of the world. I find it humorous how everyone always assume they will be part of the 0.1% that survives.
@ bailoutsos - If the world does come to an end...I don't believe it will, but if it does, what is there to "PLAN" for?
YAY, I don't have to pay off my credit card bills since we will all be gone next year!!!!
The world will not come to an end, it'll probably evolve as it always does. But, will we?
Nah, the world will end. End of story.
John Boehner is the best solar flare indicator - his tan & the amount of garbage spilled out of his mouth! 🙂
::::buffoon Why the fakk CNN censors me? I can't comment – only reply to comments. Actually, it's not CNN; it's the fakking "Disqus" service. @@@@ They can block you based on your screen name or MAC address of your network card.
Hey Sun, I want to see your flair. All 39 pieces.
Thx bailoutsos, I tried many things... turn off/on my cable modem to get new IPs; clear browser cache & log on using other alias/screen names. Interestingly, if I bring the same laptop to a local coffee shop, everything works. As it turns out for this particular blog, I can comment. But I can't comment here 'http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/02/15/italy.berlusconi.trial Weird!
Oh wow a perfect normal solar event.... Lets see how long it take before some nut care posts something that makes them sound like a nut case *get popcorn to snack on*
Too late.
@ steeve-o
LMFAO!!!
Well said, and first to be the one that does exactly what you were predicting. A regular self-fufilling Nostradamus!!
bringing popcorn to a CNN article.. if you get worked up, just move on
Wonder how long before someone blames it on climate change...
We ARE coming into the solar maximum, where the most sunspots and storms happen.
And THIS cycle is predicted to be pretty significant, as it's the same magnetic storm that dropped power in Canada in 1989.
So, it's going to be a bad couple of years for satellite operators and some power companies up north.
'Wonder how long before someone blames it on climate change...'
wonder how long before someone blames it for climate change.
AHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!
Must be climate change...LOL
Wooo Hooo everyone git out yer UV Grills and lets have a party!
Actually, X-ray grills. And mine is already in place. It's called the International Space Station.
we are all doomed aosihclakshdnoiwbdxp!!!!!!!!!!
See!! This is what happens with Global warming:)
We're all gonna die!!!!!
Shhhhh Thats a Secret.....
Well actually, it's not really a secret. The human race has a long history of dying.
We are indeed all going to die. I plan on dying in about 70 more years if not even longer.
stop wasting all your time and breath. Nothing will happen.
OMG!! WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE
This is just like the movie "Knowing" – solar flare incinerates the Earth. The end is near.
Clue for ya Don – IT WAS A MOVIE, NOT REAL LIFE.
Turtle, it was real life. We're all dead. 😉
Maybe it will melt some of the snow...
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. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded an intense flash of extreme ultraviolet radiation. 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. Geomagnetic storms are possible when the CME arrives 36 to 48 hours hence. Stay tuned for updates.
http://www.spaceweather.com
:Product: Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity
:Issued: 2011 Feb 14 2200 UTC
# Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA,
# Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force.
#
Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity
SDF Number 045 Issued at 2200Z on 14 Feb 2011
IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 13/2100Z
to 14/2100Z: Solar activity has been moderate Region 1158 (S21W14)
produce an M2/1N flare at 14/1745Z associated with a 150 sfu
Tenflare and a Type II radio sweep (estimated velocity 1479 km/s).
Region 1158 also produced seven C-class events the largest being a
C9 at 14/1253. This region continued to grow throughout the period
and is currently magnetically classified as a Beta-gamma type
spotgroup with an area of 450 millionths.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be low
to moderate with a chance for an M5 or greater x-ray event for days
one thru three (15-17 February).
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 13/2100Z to 14/2100Z:
The geomagnetic field has been quiet to active. A sudden impulse was
observed at 14/1600Z (12nT, as measured by the Boulder USGS
magnetometer). Solar wind data from the ACE satellite indicated a
shock arrival at 14/1456Z. Solar wind velocities increased to
approximately 410 km/s and total field increased to around 20 nT
following the shock. The source of today's activity is likely an
east limb event that occurred at 11/2146Z. The greater than 2 MeV
electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels during the
period.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast: The geomagnetic field is
expected to be predominately quiet to unsettled with isolated active
periods on day one (15 February). There is a slight chance for
isolated minor storm periods on days two and three (16-17 February).
The increase is forecast due to the expected return of a recurrent
coronal hole high speed stream and the arrival of a CME from
yesterday's M6 event.
Space Weather Message Code: SUMX01
Serial Number: 68
Issue Time: 2011 Feb 15 0246 UTC
SUMMARY: X-ray Event exceeded X1
Begin Time: 2011 Feb 15 0144 UTC
Maximum Time: 2011 Feb 15 0156 UTC
End Time: 2011 Feb 15 0206 UTC
X-ray Class: X2.2
Location: S20W15
NOAA Scale: R3 – Strong
Everything that eugenia said was accurate. However, the CNN script and headline writers got the day or occurrence (it happened really on Valentine's Day evening) wrong and hence we more likely should see aurora on Wednesday evening and night. Neat story, nevertheless! And spring and fall of the year is when flares and coronal mass ejections are most likely to tear up things like power grids!
Finally someone saying something sensible! Thanks for the link!
Wow...a 78 word article. Very informational.
Well, if the sun made $2 million per flare and had a penchant for smoking cr@ck and partying with h00kers, then they might manage something closer to 500 words...
per article...
And they would post at least 5 articles per day on it.
2012..............
Hollywood got this one right! First the unrest in the Middle East, then the solar flare. . . .I'm glad I got a ticket on one of those boats they're building in China!
you make me laugh...2012..for real??
2013! I win! I counted higher!
...2014
Well. At least it isn't a coronal MASS ejection. Not yet.
Aaaaaaaannnnnnd..." 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. Geomagnetic storms are possible when the CME arrives 36 to 48 hours hence. Stay tuned for updates."
There goes the satellite again...
DD
Well. At least it isn't a coronal MASS ejection. Not yet.
You mean a coronal MASS ejaculation would not be good?
Tom
dont take mother nature for granted. we all do. , she about to rear her ugly side in many ways........
Can someone pleas tie this into the recent spate of dead falling birds in Arkansas?
See, the Clintonistas, who (everyone knows) are in cahoots with the uber-capitalist Red Chinese, actually launched a secret solar targeted nuke from Arkansas on the week the birds were killed (collateral damage, you know). And, as everyone can clearly see, the Chinese, who have better atmospheric coverage, and are preparing for space-sourced catastrophes, and have a billion more people than anyone else, are invested in creating a polar crisis to distract the developed countries of the west ("Ooooh, Ahhhh! Nice northern lights there, eh?") while they quietly invade! Waddaya think?
The reason for the loss of birds is simple: I dunno!!! HAHAHA
It wasn't me! Those stilts are not mine. My baseball bat has feathers all over it because...uh, .... it is decorative?
Condpiroman, you've neatly tied all of the loose ends together, it now all makes sense. I think now is the time to paNIC!
Dead birds was more likely caused by something else. We have been have mass animal deaths by the dozens around the world for the last year. If you check the graphs, it hasn't happened much at all until about april or may 2010. Now suddenly thousands of fish, birds and land animals are mysteriously dying around the globe.
When will the CME hit? Hope it's clear tonight (as it is now). Haven't seen an Aurora Borealis in many years, and maybe it'll be good even way down here in Southern MD.
I'm subscribed to the SWPC products mailing list from NOAA. The list IS available to the public.
I used to monitor conditions for military communications, hence my interest.
:Product: Report of Solar-Geophysical Activity
:Issued: 2011 Feb 14 2200 UTC
# Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA,
# Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force.
#
Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity
SDF Number 045 Issued at 2200Z on 14 Feb 2011
IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity from 13/2100Z
to 14/2100Z: Solar activity has been moderate Region 1158 (S21W14)
produce an M2/1N flare at 14/1745Z associated with a 150 sfu
Tenflare and a Type II radio sweep (estimated velocity 1479 km/s).
Region 1158 also produced seven C-class events the largest being a
C9 at 14/1253. This region continued to grow throughout the period
and is currently magnetically classified as a Beta-gamma type
spotgroup with an area of 450 millionths.
IB. Solar Activity Forecast: Solar activity is expected to be low
to moderate with a chance for an M5 or greater x-ray event for days
one thru three (15-17 February).
IIA. Geophysical Activity Summary 13/2100Z to 14/2100Z:
The geomagnetic field has been quiet to active. A sudden impulse was
observed at 14/1600Z (12nT, as measured by the Boulder USGS
magnetometer). Solar wind data from the ACE satellite indicated a
shock arrival at 14/1456Z. Solar wind velocities increased to
approximately 410 km/s and total field increased to around 20 nT
following the shock. The source of today's activity is likely an
east limb event that occurred at 11/2146Z. The greater than 2 MeV
electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels during the
period.
IIB. Geophysical Activity Forecast: The geomagnetic field is
expected to be predominately quiet to unsettled with isolated active
periods on day one (15 February). There is a slight chance for
isolated minor storm periods on days two and three (16-17 February).
The increase is forecast due to the expected return of a recurrent
coronal hole high speed stream and the arrival of a CME from
yesterday's M6 event.
So, figure tomorrow and Thursday for any possible display.