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Active Sun Unleashes Massive Solar Flare
space.com ^ | December 20, 2014 11:49am ET | Tariq Mailq

Posted on 12/21/2014 8:53:31 AM PST by BenLurkin

The huge solar flare registered as an X1.8-class event, one of the most powerful types of flares possible, and was captured on camera by NASA's powerful Solar Dynamics Observatory. The flare triggered a strong radio blackout for parts of Earth as it peaked Friday at 7:28 p.m. EST (0028 Dec. 20 GMT), according to an alert from the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center overseen by NOAA.

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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: carringtonevent; cme; coronalmassejection; maunderminimum; sida; solarflare; sun
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To: BenLurkin

Who owns and controls the sun?


21 posted on 12/21/2014 12:13:54 PM PST by upchuck (Too much ME, not enough G.)
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22 posted on 12/21/2014 12:20:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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whoops, didn’t paste in “Keywords Chandlerwobble(s), Maunderminimum, Milankovitch(cycles):”


23 posted on 12/21/2014 12:21:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: SunkenCiv

Been wobbling for a long time......lol

I actually had no idea that it had a name...


24 posted on 12/21/2014 12:29:59 PM PST by Cold Heat (Have you reached your breaking point yet? If not now....then when?)
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To: Cold Heat

;’)


25 posted on 12/21/2014 12:38:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: Zeppo
You are correct. Because of the dynamics of geosynchronous orbits, they can only be (briefly) in darkness around the equinoxes.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

26 posted on 12/21/2014 1:05:54 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: WKUHilltopper
"Maybe that’s why I wasn’t picking up radio stations from my teeth’s fillings?"

You have the problem too?


27 posted on 12/21/2014 1:12:59 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: BenLurkin

My FM radio reception yesterday was very poor. Every time I moved my head it changed. Net connection was good on a wireless usb stick. Today FM radio reception was perfect as was the net connection.


28 posted on 12/21/2014 7:06:37 PM PST by theneanderthal
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