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.
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Sp what the hell did WE or TRUMP do to cause the Sun to do this?
Actually they usually take about 48 hours.
Solar flare events take 8 mins to get to earth to affect the magnetosphere and add radiation to the atmosphere
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Actually, the light from a solar flare takes 8 minutes to reach earth. The light is not harmful. The problem is that there may be a solar mass ejection with it which means that particles of the sun, thousands of tons of matter can be ejected from the sun and are headed towards the earth at high speeds but not nearly as fast as light.
While nobody knows yet the exact speed, if traveling to the earth in 48 hours that would be an approximate speed of 2000 miles per hour. Not light speed but certainly fast. Even very small particles hitting electronic circuit boards in satellites would be harmful at 2000 mph. Particles hitting our atmosphere atoms and molecules at 2000 mph would make them glow brightly. These same particles will charge the molecules and atoms in the upper atmosphere which will make them much less likely to reflect radio waves from earth back down to the earth. Unfortunately those same radio waves tend to be absorbed instead of passed through so that even the radio waves of our various satellites are unable to reach their receiving stations on earth. Worse, the high speed particles hitting the electronics of the satellites can disable or at least damage them.
So, while potentially beautiful, a large CME can cause significant damage on earth. If it is large enough the particles can cause large current spikes in our long electric supply lines which can damage electronics on earth and even potentially damage the transformers that increase and decrease the voltages we need to send power over long distances.
Most CME’s miss the earth, we are a tiny spot in the Suns view but sometimes we are in an unlucky spot. When that happens it is potentially a very serious matter.
Because they are the ones that believe this B.S.
"Solar Update July 16, 2022 @ 12:00 UTC (UPDATED) Yesterday, a plasma rich solar filament located in the northern hemisphere erupted and was responsible for a faint, slow moving coronal mass ejection (CME). The plasma cloud appears to be headed mostly to the northwest and away from Earth. Only a weak glancing blow at best may be possible within 72 hours. Imagery by SDO/AIA and LASCO C2. UPDATE: NOAA/SWPC predict that the very slow moving CME could reach Earth by July 20-21. A noteworthy impact to our geomagnetic field is not expected."
source:"SolarHam.net"
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