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User ID: 1265551 United States 02/14/2011 05:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Strong Solar Flare May Charge Up Northern Lights Tonight A powerful solar flare, hurled into space when superhot gases erupted on the sun yesterday (Feb, 13), might cause a display of the aurora borealis for parts of the northern United States overnight tonight (Feb. 14). The sun unleashed the solar flare yesterday at about 12:30 p.m. EST (1730 GMT) from a sunspot region that was barely visible last week. Since then, it has grown in size to more than 62,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) across — nearly eight times the width of our Earth. The flare was categorized by the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado as a Class M6.6 and is the strongest solar flare observed in 2011. It could ramp up northern lights displays for skywatchers living in northern latitudes and graced with clear skies. Such a flare, covering more than 1 billion square miles of the sun's surface (called the photosphere), was described as "moderate" in intensity. Class M flares are stronger than the weakest category (Class C). They are second only to the most intense Class X solar flares, which can cause disruptions to satellites and communications systems and pose a hazard to astronauts in space. NOAA's Prediction Center has forecast the possibility of additional solar flares from the same sunspot region over the next two or three days. [ link to www.space.com] I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government, said by Henry David Thoreau. |
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User ID: 1265582 United States 02/14/2011 05:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Strong Solar Flare May Charge Up Northern Lights Tonight SEC Magnetometer already spiked, so it's on for tonight. |
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User ID: 1265551 United States 02/14/2011 05:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Strong Solar Flare May Charge Up Northern Lights Tonight SEC Magnetometer already spiked, so it's on for tonight.
Quoting: AZRainmanAccording to these scientist 2011 is going to see a lot of this which is supposed to bring some "End Of The World" scenarios across the globe. PS: People will then go into their "holy" books and begin thinking this is their GOD (which is only our Sun) doing all these things. I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government, said by Henry David Thoreau. |