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01-24-2012, 02:37 AM
http://www.space.com/14319-huge-solar-eruption-sparks-radiation-storm.html
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This SDO image (AIA 193) shows an M9-class solar flare erupting on the Sun's northeastern hemisphere at 03:49 UT on Jan. 23, 2012... just 4 days after a previous strong CME that sparked aurora around the world on the 22nd. More geomagnetic activity is expected for the 24th.
CREDIT: NASA/SDO and the AIA Consortium/Edited by J. Major
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A powerful solar eruption is expected to blast a stream of charged particles toward Earth tomorrow (Jan. 24), as the strongest radiation storm since 2005 rages on the sun.
Early this morning (0359 GMT Jan. 23, which corresponds to late Sunday, Jan. 22 at 10:59 p.m. EST), NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught an extreme ultraviolet flash from a huge eruption on the sun (http://www.space.com/12047-solar-flares-sun-storms-space-weather-infographic.html) , according to the skywatching website Spaceweather.com.
The solar flare spewed from sunspot 1402, a region of the sun that has become increasingly active (http://www.space.com/14300-solar-flare-weekend-northern-lights-show.html) lately. Several NASA satellites, including the Solar Dynamics Observatory, the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), and the Stereo spacecraft observed the massive sun storm.
SPACE.com Staff
Date: 23 January 2012 Time: 11:47 AM ET
Read more at Space.com
http://www.space.com/14319-huge-solar-eruption-sparks-radiation-storm.html
http://i.space.com/images/i/14730/iFF/m9-solar-flare-jan-2012.jpg?1327342572
This SDO image (AIA 193) shows an M9-class solar flare erupting on the Sun's northeastern hemisphere at 03:49 UT on Jan. 23, 2012... just 4 days after a previous strong CME that sparked aurora around the world on the 22nd. More geomagnetic activity is expected for the 24th.
CREDIT: NASA/SDO and the AIA Consortium/Edited by J. Major
View full size image
A powerful solar eruption is expected to blast a stream of charged particles toward Earth tomorrow (Jan. 24), as the strongest radiation storm since 2005 rages on the sun.
Early this morning (0359 GMT Jan. 23, which corresponds to late Sunday, Jan. 22 at 10:59 p.m. EST), NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory caught an extreme ultraviolet flash from a huge eruption on the sun (http://www.space.com/12047-solar-flares-sun-storms-space-weather-infographic.html) , according to the skywatching website Spaceweather.com.
The solar flare spewed from sunspot 1402, a region of the sun that has become increasingly active (http://www.space.com/14300-solar-flare-weekend-northern-lights-show.html) lately. Several NASA satellites, including the Solar Dynamics Observatory, the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), and the Stereo spacecraft observed the massive sun storm.
SPACE.com Staff
Date: 23 January 2012 Time: 11:47 AM ET
Read more at Space.com
http://www.space.com/14319-huge-solar-eruption-sparks-radiation-storm.html