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Posted on 04/26/2026 12:08:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Both eruptions came from a sunspot region on the sun's western limb, AR4419. The first solar flare peaked at 9:07 p.m. EDT on April 23 (0107 GMT April 24), followed by the second at 4:14 a.m. EDT (0814 GMT) on April 24. These are the strongest solar flares we've seen in 78 days, according to solar physicist Ryan French.
The bursts of radiation from the flares triggered strong radio blackouts on the sunlit side of Earth — the first affecting parts of the Pacific Ocean and Australia and the second impacting East Asia.
The active sunspot region is putting on quite the show before it rotates out of view. The X-flares were preceded by a flurry of M-class solar flares on April 23, along with a rare "sympathetic flare" where eruptions occurred in two separate sunspot regions on opposite sides of the sun.
The X-flares appear to have been accompanied by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) — large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun. However, because the sunspot is positioned on the sun's western edge, it's unlikely these CMEs are heading directly toward Earth. That said, forecasters are still modelling their paths and a glancing blow remains possible. If that happens, it could trigger geomagnetic storm conditions and spark vivid aurora displays.
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Another attempt on PDJT?
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth... :)
This is not unusual Sun activity. The MILLION times bigger Sun than puny earth causes climate changes on earth, not the puny humans. Astronauts in low orbit can’t see any objects created by puny humans, except the wall of China can be seen as a barely visible squiggly line.
It takes only about 8 minutes for a solar flare to reach the earth.
This is why we need a White House ballroom!
No, no, no!!!!!!
Noooooo!!!!!!!!!
The light of the flare can reach us in 8 minutes, the particles and radiation are slower from 18 hours to several days depending on the types of particles and flare. Solar wind is roughly 400 to 500 km/sec and can 15 hours to 4 days depending on fast or slow solar wind types. CME particles 18 hours to 3 days.
“This is not unusual Sun activity. The MILLION times bigger Sun than puny earth causes climate changes on earth, not the puny humans. Astronauts in low orbit can’t see any objects created by puny humans, except the wall of China can be seen as a barely visible squiggly line.”
Don’t be a silly climate denier. EVERYBODY KNOWS this solar activity was caused by man made carbon based Global Warming. The science is settled and the discussion is over....
Exactly, people get confused that the actual CME doesn’t travel at the speed of light… That would be quite terrifying.
While Greta saves the world, one gas guzzling Gaza flotilla at a time; one day, the sun will hiccup and we’ll all freeze to death, every last cockroach on this planet, or it’ll burp and we’ll all get cooked, down to the last earthworm and fish as the oceans boil away.
Most environmentalism is human arrogance combined with greed (someone making money), and a bunch of dumb young souls that are looking for a meaning / purpose.
You bring up a good point. If I were an owner of an oil company, I might fund the global warming effort in order to bring the highest cost per barrel of oil, with the least effort and overhead and least competition.
Landman (tv show, with Billy Bob Thornton) was right; Global warming won’t kill us all first. Oil and fossil fuels are an essential requirement for life today, and Billions will die in short order when we run out of affordable fossil fuels energy without an affordable replacement.
Most environmentalism is human arrogance combined with greed (someone making money), and a bunch of dumb young souls that are looking for a meaning / purpose.
“ Astronauts in low orbit can’t see any objects created by puny humans, except the wall of China can be seen as a barely visible squiggly line.”
They can easily see city lights on the night side of earth.
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