Posted on 05/15/2024 2:14:37 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What did the monster active region that created the recent auroras look like when at the Sun's edge? There, AR 3664 better showed its 3D structure. Pictured, a large multi-pronged solar prominence was captured extending from chaotic sunspot region AR 3664 out into space, just one example of the particle clouds ejected from this violent solar region. The Earth could easily fit under this long-extended prominence. The featured image was captured two days ago from this constantly changing region. Yesterday, the strongest solar flare in years was expelled (not shown), a blast classified in the upper X-class. Ultraviolet light from that flare quickly hit the Earth's atmosphere and caused shortwave radio blackouts across both North and South America. Although now rotated to be facing slightly away from the Earth, particles from AR 3664 and subsequent coronal mass ejections (CMEs) might still follow curved magnetic field lines across the inner Solar System and create more Earthly auroras.
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I have only viewed it in white light with a Herschel wedge- it was the biggest sunspot group I’ve seen.
How large is that ejection ? 1000 miles ? 5,000 ?
It wouldn’t take long to roast marshmallows or weenies.
Wow.
“So don’t delay, act now, supplies are running out
Allow if you’re still alive, six to eight years to arrive
And if you follow there may be a tomorrow
But if the offer’s shunned
You might as well be walking on the Sun...”
~ Smash Mouth
Yeah, I had teen boys during this time. I know ALL these songs.
Please ping me when there’s a ‘Champaign Super Nova.’ ;)
That doesn’t look like the Sun holding an AR-15. Much less an AR-3664.
Sun could climate change us to death
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