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Giant Sunspot Has Doubled in Size in 24 Hours and It's Pointed at Earth
newsweek ^
| 6/20/22 AT 8:55 AM EDT
| Ed Browne
Posted on 06/21/2022 6:58:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The sunspot that has been growing in size recently is known as AR3038. Footage from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on Sunday shows how the sunspot has evolved over the past day or so, twisting and contorting.
"Yesterday, sunspot AR3038 was big. Today, it's enormous," reads the SpaceWeather.com website. "The fast-growing sunspot has doubled in size in only 24 hours."
The magnetic field associated with the sunspot means it could potentially send an M-class solar flare at Earth—the second-strongest type. However, it is not known whether this will be the case.
As of Monday morning the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) hadn't issued any solar flare warnings.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; carringtonevent; cme; coronalmassejection; science; sida; solarflare; sunspot; sunspots
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To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:15:39 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: BenLurkin
I think the Sun requires a sacrifice, let us send all our glorious leaders to appease the climate change god.
To: BenLurkin
Have no fear! The President will protect us! He'll send Corn Pop to stop the solar flare!
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:18:42 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fauci is a despicable little turd)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:20:24 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:20:48 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: ClearCase_guy
Just one.
A REALLY REALLY BIG ONE!.........................
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:21:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: BenLurkin
So what the hell did WE do to cause “giant sunspots”? Hoard toilet paper and paper towels? It’s definitely something WE did. Just ask Gretel the Little Swedish Meatball.
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:25:17 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump.)
To: BenLurkin
Add this to that constant asteroid that’s about to hit earth.
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:26:20 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(Every time I see someone voluntarily masked in public, I know I'm looking at a vaccinated person.)
To: BenLurkin
Cheap sunglasses will help.
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:26:47 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: BenLurkin
“...the sunspot has evolved over the past day, twisting and contorting.”
It’s a Democrat sunspot!
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:29:56 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
To: BenLurkin
Wonder if devil has decided to play double or nothing
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:30:03 AM PDT
by
no-to-illegals
( The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them)
To: Bob434
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:32:37 AM PDT
by
Paul46360
(What??ME worry?)
To: BenLurkin
Make Kamala the new Sunspot Czar in charge of sun spots, you know those spots on the sun that are called sunspots that she can bring us together so we can together take care of the worry about sunspots that worry us. (Sarcasm)
To: BenLurkin
Don’t worry folks.
Bill Gates has a plan to block out the Sun so we’ll be safe.
(I’m not even kidding, he really does…..)
To: central_va
Cheap sunglasses will help. I think you're right.
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:38:54 AM PDT
by
seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
To: ClearCase_guy
“I hope it arrives with the sound of trumpets”
Amen! I Ann so ready...
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:41:47 AM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(Joe Biden has been protected by assault weapons his entire adult life. )
To: Bob434; Paul46360
LOL...yes, I immediately saved the link to that “PANIC” pic for that purpose. That’s a good one.
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:44:26 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
To: LIConFem
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:45:10 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:47:09 AM PDT
by
Reily
To: central_va
She's gonna need a bigger sunblock...
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posted on
06/21/2022 7:48:01 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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