Solar Explosion Directed Away from the Earth -- July 29th
Posted on 07/31/2005 9:06:41 AM PDT by ex-Texan
Solar Explosion Directed Away from the Earth -- July 29th
AURORA ALERT: A coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading toward Earth following an X-class explosion from sunspot 792 on July 30th: movie. Auroras are possible when the CME arrives on July 31st or August 1st. The display, if there is one, shouldn't be intense; the CME was not squarely Earth-directed, which reduces its likely impact.
SUNSPOTS: Sunspot 792 poses a growing threat for Earth-directed explosions--and that's not all. At least one more active region could emerge in the days ahead. Towering magnetic fields jutting over the sun's eastern limb--the same place sunspot 792 came from--signal a new batch of sunspots approaching.
I'd think that would happen more from pulque. Don't drink the pulque!
You're able to see the auroras?
"Is this Ed Dames' 'kill shot'?"
Naw. This is a publicity stunt arranged by
the studios fx departments for Tom Cruise's
movie--the one he ruin for Steven Spielberg.
This could be serious. My mother-in-law has them all the time, forcing us to evacuate the room. We don't call them CME's, we call them FARTs.
I had the extreme pleasure of seeing the Aurora once at Lake Tahoe, above Mt. Rose. It was because of some volcano erupting somewhere. Spectacular!
For a second there, I thought you said "colonel A$$ ejection" which is when a colonel kicks your butt out of his office for screwing up.
That would be termed rectal mass evacuation
We have the aurora most of the time at this latitude whether or not there is volcanic activity somewhere. They don't seem to be related.
Sounds obscene to me.
It's the global warming, it attracts them!
Aurora Alert!
(I'm jealous!)
WEEEEESA GONNA DIIIIIIIEE!!
}:-)4
How will it affect the Shuttle and ISS crews?
I honestly think you couldn't open the bands right now with a crowbar and a pound of C4. I've heard lots of people complaining how bad DX is these days...to be expected at this point in the solar cycle I guess.
}:-)4
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Just damn.
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Hopefully the shuttle crew has sufficient protection.
That's exactly what I was wondering. :)
You know what that means...time for pie!
Glad they're on our side...
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