Posted on 08/21/2013 11:46:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The sun unleashed a powerful storm early Tuesday morning (Aug. 20), sending an enormous cloud of superheated particles rocketing toward Earth.
The solar eruption, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), occurred at 4:24 a.m. EDT (0824 GMT) Tuesday and blasted billions of tons of solar particles toward Earth at a mind-boggling speed of 2 million mph (3.3 million km/h). ... Tuesday's blast doesn't appear to have too much disruptive potential.
"In the past, geomagnetic storms caused by CMEs of this strength have usually been mild," NASA officials wrote.
CMEs that hit Earth can also ramp up the auroras, also known as the northern and southern lights. In fact, an enhanced auroral display may be on tap tonight and tomorrow for some skywatchers, thanks to a CME that erupted on Saturday (Aug. 17).
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
That was a lucky shot, yeah. A lucky shot.
What’s the old saying Lightning don’t strike twice in the same place?
Unlikely to have much affect at all on radio wave propagation ... DAMN!
Yeah, all these people talk about how propagation was banging in the 60s and 70s and my little 100 watt Yaesu isn’t going anywhere.
Sent that off for repair last week, haven't had much of a need for it since....
Yeah, I’ve been working Europe and even Australia! recently. Far Asia seems a reach though.
High cirrostratus clouds and a full moon washed out the entire sky except for a dozen or so of the brightest stars.
No hope of seeing an aurora.
And it’s been cloudy on and off today and is raining now.
I hope so. I understand that for some reason, March and September are peak aurora months.
I’ll keep an eye out.
Thanks.
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