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Huge 'sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth is spotted on the Sun - and scientists warn it could bombard our planet with solar flares capable of causing devastating blackouts
Daily Mail ^ | 11/22/23 | Jonathon Chadwick

Posted on 11/22/2023 6:53:37 AM PST by week 71

Huge 'sunspot archipelago' 15 times wider than Earth is spotted on the Sun - and scientists warn it could bombard our planet with solar flares capable of causing devastating blackouts Spots on sun described as 'archipelago' as they look like a collection of islands These planet-sized dark spots can release charged particles that hit the Earth By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 07:46 EST, 22 November 2023 | UPDATED: 07:46 EST, 22 November 2023

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View comments They look like small dots of pepper on a tasty egg yolk, or an 'archipelago' – a big group of islands on some faraway yellow planet.

But the latest set of snaps from NASA actually show a cluster of 'sunspots' – cooler parts on the sun's surface caused by massive changes in our star's magnetic field.

The images were captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which has been monitoring the sun from space for more than a decade.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; aurora; carringtonevent; catastrophism; cme; coronalmassejection; doomed; dooomed; doooomed; dooooomed; ecoterrorism; ecoterrorists; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; science; sida; sunspots
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1 posted on 11/22/2023 6:53:37 AM PST by week 71
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To: week 71

Wear a mask. Social distance.


2 posted on 11/22/2023 6:54:20 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: week 71

Women and children hardest hit…


3 posted on 11/22/2023 6:54:44 AM PST by IncPen ("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowitz)
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4 posted on 11/22/2023 6:55:40 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: week 71

Why don’t we just pass a law against Sunspots?


5 posted on 11/22/2023 6:55:45 AM PST by EEGator
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To: week 71

It’s ok, my heat is natural gas……. Burn baby, burn 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


6 posted on 11/22/2023 6:55:45 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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Got to get pump/transferred around the system
for it to be used in homes.


7 posted on 11/22/2023 6:58:48 AM PST by deport
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To: week 71

This way they can blame the sunspots when they shut down the grid.


8 posted on 11/22/2023 6:59:15 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: week 71

The only way to fight this threat is to immediately adopt socialism and put professors in charge of everything.


9 posted on 11/22/2023 7:02:31 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: week 71

Cover story for what is coming up next year... just before the elections.


10 posted on 11/22/2023 7:02:56 AM PST by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nailed it.


11 posted on 11/22/2023 7:03:19 AM PST by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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To: Larry Lucido

>>Wear a mask. Social distance.

and by all means, raise taxes.


12 posted on 11/22/2023 7:04:25 AM PST by qwerty1234
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To: IncPen

Don’t forget minorities!!


13 posted on 11/22/2023 7:05:44 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: week 71

People need to be ‘humbled’ a bit...


14 posted on 11/22/2023 7:06:33 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone)
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To: Red Badger

Sunspot baby, sure had a real good time.


15 posted on 11/22/2023 7:07:30 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: week 71

Also be interesting to see if the solar flares take out the delicate electronics associated with solar power systems.


16 posted on 11/22/2023 7:07:45 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone)
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To: qwerty1234

Mail in voting should fix it..


17 posted on 11/22/2023 7:08:33 AM PST by PilotDave (No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!)
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To: dfwgator

Jeremiah 10:2 .........................


18 posted on 11/22/2023 7:10:20 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Sun Silos armed


19 posted on 11/22/2023 7:13:13 AM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: Larry Lucido

Bla Bla, Bla Bla,Bla. Right up there with the great year2000 millennial scare.


20 posted on 11/22/2023 7:13:36 AM PST by spincaster
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