Posted on 02/13/2011 1:56:04 PM PST by TaraP
SOLAR FLARE: Sunspot 1158 has just unleashed the strongest solar flare of the year, an M6.6-category blast @ 1738 UT on Feb. 13th. The eruption appears to have launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. It also produced a loud blast of radio emissions heard in shortwave receivers around the dayside of our planet. Stay tuned for updates!
BEHEMOTH SUNSPOT 1158: Sunspot 1158 is growing rapidly (48 hour movie) and crackling with M-class solar flares. The active region is now more than 100,000 km wide with at least a dozen Earth-sized dark cores scattered beneath its unstable magnetic canopy. Earth-directed eruptions are likely in the hours ahead.
Scientists classify solar flares according to their x-ray brightness in the wavelength range 1 to 8 Angstroms. There are 3 categories:
X-class flares are big; they are major events that can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms.
M-class flares are medium-sized; they can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth’s polar regions. Minor radiation storms sometimes follow an M-class flare.
So..... what are you doing between now and the end of the world?
no pictures?
Flashback
Another dire warning for 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hujQg2E_fDw&feature=player_embedded
Being prepared.....
CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ......
It’s gonna rain, it’s gonna rain,
you better get ready and bear this in mind.
God showed Noah by the rainbow sign,
no more water, but fire next time.
Ping.
Thanks for clarifying that. I guess we can now stop wrapping the vehicles in mylar film and get back to watching cartoons.
“...they can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth’s polar regions.”
Dang. The Polar Bears won’t be able to dance! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qtyHOxNqg4
I thought I had an idea.
Sun: “I phart in your general direction ...”
Woo hoo! I am going to get on the ham radio tonight!
Not big enough. A planet devastating super-flare would be a far kinder fate than being forced to spend another year stuck with the scumbags of this world...therefore we will remain as cursed as possible.
CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ......
DX
This always gets me. If they know a solar flare is headed this way, how did they know. Something going faster than the speed of light tell them?
I believe alot of people feel the same way as you do....
Sick and tired of being sick and tired....with the ones running (Ruining) this world...
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