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A powerful solar flare is heading towards Earth, and radio blackouts are possible
interestingengineering.com ^ | Jul 15, 2022 | Ameya Paleja

Posted on 07/15/2022 7:21:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The recent flare is directed towards the Earth and is expected to cause significant blackouts to GPS navigation systems, which could end up disrupting journeys for small aircraft and ships. Ham radio or amateur radio operators will face some disruptions due to this solar flare, which has a 10 percent chance of being an X-class solar event. Astronomers are not yet sure if the flare was also accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME), which could result in a geomagnetic storm in a couple of days.

The timing of the solar flare brings back memories of another solar flare that erupted on July 14, 2000, and is remembered as the Bastille Day event since it coincided with France’s national day.

The CME that accompanied this solar flare was received a day later and saw auroras flash in the night sky in the U.S., whereas, in some areas, it appeared as if the sky was on fire, a report for Spaceweatherarchive.com said. By the time the geomagnetic storm subsided, auroras had been seen in Texas, Florida, and Mexico.

The event is also special for astronomers as it was the first major event after the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) was launched, and researchers caught a glimpse from up close as to what really happens on the solar surface during a solar flare.

(Excerpt) Read more at interestingengineering.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: carringtonevent; cme; coronalmassejection; sida
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1 posted on 07/15/2022 7:21:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: FrogMom; dayglored; Conan the Librarian; McGruff; TornadoAlley3; Eagles6; Cedar; dforest; ...
Ping Me When the Internet Goes Down ping

If anyone wants on or off the list, kindly FReepmail me. Thanks!

2 posted on 07/15/2022 7:24:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s OK I never listen to Radio


3 posted on 07/15/2022 7:25:43 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

Solar flare events take 8 mins to get to earth to affect the magnetosphere and add radiation to the atmosphere. So we should already be cooked or the grid blown up yet? /sarc. Chicken littles looking for advertising and scare jumps


4 posted on 07/15/2022 7:28:36 PM PDT by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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To: BenLurkin

Women and minorities hardest hit.


5 posted on 07/15/2022 7:29:43 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. It's "whatever".)
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To: Liaison

Hey, there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch, pardner.


6 posted on 07/15/2022 7:30:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Not as funny article from recent past....
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/50249/20220415/solar-flare-end-life-earth.htm

and NASA one earlier....
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm


7 posted on 07/15/2022 7:31:10 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: BenLurkin
Doesn't look bad to me
https://www.solarham.net/cmetracking.htm
8 posted on 07/15/2022 7:34:21 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: BenLurkin

I’ll email 📨 you as soon as it goes down


9 posted on 07/15/2022 7:38:06 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: Liaison

Light takes 8 mins, but a CME takes a day or two.


10 posted on 07/15/2022 7:39:59 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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11 posted on 07/15/2022 7:44:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Liaison

Shades of 1659 when the telegraph lines melted. Imagine what that would do now.


12 posted on 07/15/2022 7:46:50 PM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: BenLurkin

Didn’t we just have one? Grrrrrrreta needs read in on this. Maybe make a trip to scold the sun? 🚀🌞. Butt she needs to go at night.


13 posted on 07/15/2022 7:53:54 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Liaison
Solar flare events take 8 mins to get to earth to affect the magnetosphere and add radiation to the atmosphere.

The particles which do the most damage can take hours to a week to reach Earth.

14 posted on 07/15/2022 7:55:34 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: butlerweave

I finally got my shortwave charged-up...


15 posted on 07/15/2022 7:58:36 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

73s!


16 posted on 07/15/2022 7:59:08 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: oldasrocks
“Imagine what that would do now”

Hasten the collapse by one or two years, lol.

17 posted on 07/15/2022 8:00:44 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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To: oldasrocks

I won’t say it but you know I’m thinking it


18 posted on 07/15/2022 8:02:23 PM PDT by griswold3 (When chaos serves the State, the State will encourage chaos.)
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To: dfwgator

88!


19 posted on 07/15/2022 8:02:50 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: oldasrocks

It’ll probably be fine, I’m sure that’ll never happen again.


20 posted on 07/15/2022 8:04:03 PM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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