Posted on 02/10/2023 3:06:16 AM PST by EBH
For all that the Sun is a ubiquitous and vital part of our lives, a lot about it remains baffling. And now it's done something decidedly peculiar.
Material from a filament of plasma erupting from the Sun's surface broke away and appeared to form a crown-like vortex over the solar north pole.
Further analysis will be required to determine whether or not this is what actually occurred.
For now, scientists are saying that they've not quite seen anything like it – and the footage itself is undoubtedly spectacular.
olar shenanigans are not entirely unexpected currently. Our star is ramping up its activity, getting rowdier with sunspot and flare activity. It has flared every day this year so far, and it spat out several X-class and M-class flares in January 2023, the biggest and second-biggest eruptions the Sun is capable of.
This is nothing to be alarmed about. The Sun undergoes activity cycles every 11 or so years, from relatively quiet and peaceful, to absolutely rambunctious.
These cycles coincide with fluctuations in the solar magnetic field. When the magnetic field is at its weakest at the poles, the Sun's magnetic poles switch places, and the polarity of the magnetic field reverses. This is when the Sun is at its most active, known as solar maximum.
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Good. Please end it all already.
Trump’s fault.
Awaiting anti-vortex vax.
More global warming or global cooling?
The sun has a LONG way to go before it gobbles up the inner planets. However, a Carrington-level event isn’t out of the realm of possibilities, and with the sun and the Earth going through some magnetic swaps, the chances are higher than they have been in recent history. Anything that interrupts satellite communication or causes widespread electrical disruption would be devastating to the modern world.
Unfortunately higher solar activity often equates to warmer surface temperatures. It’s believed that the sun’s broader heliosheath protects us from interstellar radiation which has been shown to increase cloud cover on the planet.
When the sun is quiet, the planet generally tends to be cooler. Of course the global warming crowd will go bonkers about how much warmer it’s perceived to be.
Global warming is back on the menu.
If so, I’m waiting for someone to tell me how my SUV caused all this.
The sun goes through solar maxima and minima every so many years and yet it has zero effect on earth’s temperature and climate, our experts tell us.
This looked like a CME that was reduced to a solar prominence as it was close to the top, near the axis with a strong gravitational field.
You nailed it.
GOOD! It's cold here this morning and I can't afford to turn my heat up any more.
Very “cool” GIF!
Sun giving itself a swirlie.
My God, it’s full of stars...
CC
Did it get the jab?
Sometimes, I can but wonder.....
The rainbow is the promise that the earth will not be destroyed again by flood.
There is no such promise about fire.
Could be.
“The main driving force that changes the weather on our planet is the sun. It would determine what happens with all of this, ‘Global Warming,’ going on.
Even if we were to fill a bunch of firetrucks with water, they’d run out of gas long before they got anywhere near the sun to cool it off.”
-Rush Limbaugh
(Paraphrasing from memory)
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