Massive sunspot is turning towards Earth this can result in major solar flares that can effect electrical systems

First Post ^ | 08/07/2020

[BenLurkin]

A massive sunspot on the Sun is turning towards our planet and this could result in strong solar flares. The sunspot AR2770 was detected earlier this week and is expected to grow in size in the upcoming days.

A report by SpaceWeather.com - a space weather forecasting website - said that multiple minor flares have been emitted by the sunspot already as it faced towards the earth. These flares have caused "minor waves of ionization to ripple through Earth's upper atmosphere" but nothing major yet.

A clear picture of the AR2770 has also surfaced that gives a better idea into the current phenomenon. It was captured by an amateur astronomer Martin Wise from Trenton, Florida. The size of the "primary dark core" is about as wide as Mars and it has several "spotlets" on its surface, which are similar to the craters on the surface of the moon.

According to the report in International Business Times, Wise captured the dark sunspot using an 8-inch telescope with safe solar filters and it's dimensions make this sunspot "one of the largest sunspot groups of the current Solar Minimum.”

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), strong solar storms can cause "fluctuations of electrical currents in space and energize electrons and protons trapped in Earth's varying magnetic field". These events can affect radio communications, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) connectivity, power grids and satellites.

[Viking2002]

So I should reschedule the family picnic, then?

[Eddie01]

I had a solar flair once.

[stormhill]

Did a fourth grader write that title?

OK, I confess to clicking on the thread hoping to join a discussion of "affect" vs. "effect."

[blackdog]

Masks, goggles, and foil hats.

The vaccine is on its way.

[blackdog]

Rick Flair did more damage.

[be-baw]

Should be “affect”, not “effect” in the headline.

[C210N]

This is what is considered 'massive'??? Really??? It's puny.

[Vermont Lt]

That dot is probably the size of earth.

[epluribus_2]

RUN!

[Dogbert41]

That's a negative Ghostrider. The pattern is full!

[spokeshave]

Piezoelectric yikes.....maybe it with pop the 3 gorges dam that would be a hoot.

[epluribus_2]

Won’t do more damage than my deranged, insane, power-crazy, idiot governor in Michigan hath wrought.

[Cold Heart]

“pop the three gorges dam that would be a hoot”

We live in a very hoot time.

[timestax]

[JustTheTruth]

Trump’s fault!😱

[Don W]

Was he the guy in charge of getting the supplies?

[Don W]

Oh, you like cryptic crosswords too? KEWL!

[RedMonqey]

" He shouted “fluctuations!” The ambassador said “fluc you white people too!”"

(Snicker, snicker)

[Cold Heart]

“Oh, you like cryptic crosswords too?”

I have always done my own taxes. Sharpened pencils, reading the cryptic rules and doing the math in my head. I’m sticking to the simpler stuff now, headlines.

[grey_whiskers]

And slowly it turned ...

Step by step...

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