There was an average of 215.5 daily sunspots on the sun's surface during August.
This time-lapse image shows every visible dark patch moving across the sun during this time.
(Image credit: SDO/Şenol Şanlı/Uğur İkizler)
Posted on 09/04/2024 10:56:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The number of black spots peppering the sun's surface in August was the highest for almost 23 years, new data shows. The latest sunspot count was more than twice as high as initial forecasts predicted and is another clear sign that the sun's explosive peak, or solar maximum, is likely well underway — and will be far more active than scientists initially thought.
Sunspots are regions of the sun's surface where surges of electromagnetic radiation break through the star's magnetic field, creating relatively cool patches that appear black to us thanks to an optical illusion. Along with the size and frequency of solar flares and coronal mass ejections, sunspot numbers indicate the progress of the sun's roughly 11-year solar cycle.
During the sun's least active phase, or solar minimum, there are very few or occasionally no sunspots. For example, in late 2019, shortly before the start of the current solar cycle (Solar Cycle 25), there were 40 consecutive days with no visible sunspots. But as the sun's magnetic field gets entangled with itself and weakens, sunspot numbers quickly climb before peaking during solar maximum. During this active phase, the sun's magnetic field eventually snaps and completely flips, which triggers a falling-off period of solar activity and a decrease in sunspots until the whole cycle restarts.
There was an average of 215.5 daily sunspots on the sun's surface during August.
This time-lapse image shows every visible dark patch moving across the sun during this time.
(Image credit: SDO/Şenol Şanlı/Uğur İkizler)
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The Green New Deal didn’t moderate solar activity?
I’m shocked!
(Oh, wait, maybe not...)
Proof of “Global Warming” and “Climate Change” and “TBD next Scare Tactic”.
It seems like just yesterday when they were all in a tizzy about the lack of sunspots.
I think we can expect some unusual weather patterns as a result.
I am sure Kamala will fix this with a tax to send trillions to the sun.
It’s a recurring cycle.
The current scientific consensus on climate change is that solar variations only play a marginal role in driving global climate change
Which sure sounds like BS to me.
I've always thought this is one of the more bizarre and fascinating things about the Sun. The sheer amount of energy represented by a magnetic field of that size, and then to reverse itself? Holy macaroni. Inconceivable.
The headline writers always make everything a big deal. That’s their job, I guess.
Probably because is -IS- BS.
It’s been unusually hot lately. Must be Climate Change...........or because it was August in Florida.............
This article proves that galactic climate change is real.
If people truly care about the galaxy that will be handed to their children they will act accordingly .
it is almost like.. when the sun intensifies... we get hotter here on Earth..
But we all know it is those evil SUV’s!
LMAO
Unusual weather, you say? UNUSUAL WEATHER????? More like:
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes... The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... MASS HYSTERIA!Just sayin'...
“23-year high...”
Or, in other words, “over the past two cycles...” so not even as high as the cycle in the 90s (which I was in Saudi for; there was a huge spot visible to the naked eye - when viewed through a heavy sandstorm).
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