Posted on 03/02/2022 3:41:44 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: What's happened to our Sun? Last month, it produced the largest prominence ever imaged together with a complete solar disk. The record image, featured, was captured in ultraviolet light by the Sun-orbiting Solar Orbiter spacecraft. A quiescent solar prominence is a cloud of hot gas held above the Sun's surface by the Sun's magnetic field. This solar prominence was huge -- spanning a length rivaling the diameter of the Sun itself. Solar prominences may erupt unpredictably and expel hot gas into the Solar System via a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). When a CME strikes the Earth and its magnetosphere, bright auroras may occur. This prominence did produce a CME, but it was directed well away from the Earth. Although surely related to the Sun's changing magnetic field, the energy mechanism that creates and sustains a solar prominence remains a topic of research.
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The unpredictable eruptions may affect pets.
Thanks!
From the article: “When a CME strikes the Earth and its magnetosphere, bright auroras may occur...”
Or worse. The Carrington Event, for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event
“The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking from 1 to 2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were reported globally[1] and caused sparking and even fires in multiple telegraph stations. The geomagnetic storm was most likely the result of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun colliding with Earth’s magnetosphere”
CME’s can be Bad A$$!
Every time I see a pic like that, it makes me think of that Night Gallery episode, “The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes”.
Cat at “erupt unpredictably”...
” Although surely related to the Sun’s changing magnetic field”
I can’t help but wonder what effect the sun’s magnetic field has on earth’s magnetic field.
Must have been AYCE Burritos at Taco Town..................
Mine do..............
Darn good thing that wasn’t pointed at us
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