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Sun emits huge solar flare, burst of plasma
CBS News ^ | //May 6, 2015, 12:22 PM | /Michael Casey

Posted on 05/06/2015 11:36:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The sun produced its biggest solar flare so far this year, a huge blast that caused temporary radio blackouts throughout the Pacific.

The X-class solar flare - considered the most powerful category of sun storm - erupted Tuesday from a sunspot called Active Region 2339 (AR2339), peaking at 6:11 p.m. EDT (2211 GMT), according to Space.com.

The blast, however, is unlikely to cause major problems back on Earth.

"Given the impulsive nature of this event, as well as the source location on the eastern limb of the sun, we are not expecting a radiation storm at Earth," scientists with the U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) in Boulder, Colorado, which is overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, wrote Tuesday evening.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: ar2339; carringtonevent; cme; coronalmassejection; emp; sida; solarflare; sun
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To: struggle

Do you think installing a flux capacitor would help?


21 posted on 05/06/2015 12:00:48 PM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: dfwgator

22 posted on 05/06/2015 12:01:21 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: BenLurkin
"Given the impulsive nature of this event..."
Mmm, impulsive heavenly bodies.



23 posted on 05/06/2015 12:02:36 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: Moonman62

It was far more spot-free in 2009, but that was during a “solar minimum”, when it was expected to be spot-free.


24 posted on 05/06/2015 12:03:18 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: WayneS

Not if you want the sun to fly away on a hoverboard.


25 posted on 05/06/2015 12:08:22 PM PDT by struggle
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To: BenLurkin

The VRWC trying to blame globull warming on the sun again? /s


27 posted on 05/06/2015 12:17:46 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: BenLurkin

Ahhh.... warmth

It is 81 here today

What is so rare as a day in May


28 posted on 05/06/2015 12:23:32 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: fwdude

i saw the same article. if you read the article though you probably read where it said that solar flares can still occur and actually increase in occurrence during decreases in sun spot activity.


29 posted on 05/06/2015 12:25:07 PM PDT by Shamrock498
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To: Moonman62

I pulled this from the article you posted the link to....

“In addition, there is some evidence that most large events such as strong solar flares and significant geomagnetic storms tend to occur in the declining phase of the solar cycle. In other words, there is still a chance for significant solar activity in the months and years ahead.”

did you read it?


30 posted on 05/06/2015 12:26:40 PM PDT by Shamrock498
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To: Shamrock498

I dug up the article for fwdude.


31 posted on 05/06/2015 12:40:51 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Moonman62

i see. I think people that saw the article didn’t read it all the way through and just assume no sun spots means no solar flares. funny that we would have a solar flare event so soon after the sunspot article came out thus testing peoples reading comprehension skills:)


32 posted on 05/06/2015 12:44:41 PM PDT by Shamrock498
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To: WayneS

““Eastern” relative to what?”

Planets generally orbit the sun in the plane of the ecliptic.

Earth’s north is “above” this plane (and tilted 23.5 degrees).

Consider the north half of the sun to be in the same region above the plane as earth’s north.

From earth and facing the sun with the north oriented on top, the eastern edge would be on the right side of the disk.

Similarly, if you look at a satellite view of the earth, the east is on the right, as long as you have the top (north) oriented correctly.


33 posted on 05/06/2015 1:04:22 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: KoRn; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
Thanks KoRn, extra to APoD.

34 posted on 05/06/2015 1:11:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: fruser1

Keeping in mind, of course, that originally to “orient” a map one put the east, where the sun rose and where The Garden was believed to be, at the top.

Therefore, from a European/Mediterranean viewpoint the top of a T-O map was properly oriented thataway...


35 posted on 05/06/2015 1:28:33 PM PDT by null and void (My favorite drawings at the Muhammad cartoon festival in Texas were the two chalk outlines out front)
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To: BenLurkin

So much for yesterday’s report that said the sun was in solar minimum and would likely produce no further flares.


36 posted on 05/06/2015 1:29:05 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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37 posted on 05/06/2015 1:34:09 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: BenLurkin

Lopok here:

http://spaceweather.com/images2015/05may15/blackout.jpg?PHPSESSID=umrgjt18ghjdjlhlrl8gvcv6r6


38 posted on 05/06/2015 1:36:31 PM PDT by polymuser ( Enough is enough)
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To: polymuser

Very interesting.


39 posted on 05/06/2015 2:07:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
There’s something up there...and it’s farting.
40 posted on 05/06/2015 2:14:27 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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