SOLAR WATCH * 248 M & 18 X FLARES starting 3-7-2011 (Updated Daily)

This video shows several explosions of the meteorite. Sounds like bombs going off

I'm still not %100 sure what to make of this apparent Meteorite - Somethings seem off to me,for example the punched out hole in the wall and roof of the Zinc Factory where it was claimed part of the Meteorite struck causing the damage seen,here -


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Coupled with this regarding the future worth of the plant -

' Chelyabinsk Zinc expects RAS net profit to tumble 90% in 2013

CHELYABINSK. Dec 7 (Interfax) - Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant (RTS: CHZN) is planning to post a net profit of 55 million rubles to Russian Accounting Standards next year, compared to an anticipated net profit of 594 million rubles in 2012, the plant's chief executive, Rinat Shakirzyanov told Interfax, citing the approved budget for 2013' [link to business.highbeam.com]

And then,whadayaknow -

'Zinc rose in London, narrowing this week’s drop, after an exploding meteorite caused damage at a Russian plant producing the metal.

A shock wave caused by the blast destroyed a wall in a concentrate warehouse at the Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant site and smashed windows in other buildings, spokesman Evgeny Ponomarev said today. The plant is working as usual, he said. Chelyabinsk Zinc produced 160,000 metric tons of refined zinc and alloys last year, according to the company website.

“Your immediate knee-jerk reaction is that this is potential supply being taken out of the market,” Nic Brown, head of commodity research at Natixis SA in London, said by phone today. “And then you spend time thinking, ‘How much impact does this have?’”' [link to www.bloomberg.com] !

So as far as the Zinc Factory is concerned I am suspicious

KaPow [link to stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov] .

Bout to be interesting

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What is it I'm on my iPhone.

NiNz our starter of fires in the minds of many

Folding Stars Forever.

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That happened(or looked like it happened,sure it didn't as that would be impossible)about two Hours back now on the Australian tracking Observatories.

You good?

Hey Sol crew, I took a pic of sunspot 1671 this morning thought you might like to see?

[link to i1245.photobucket.com]

Btw great work all.

The meteorite which exploded and fell in Russia was estimated to be 15 meters in diameter and weigh close to 40 tons. This is about one-third the size of DA14 and the largest object to impact Earth in over 100 years. WOW, that's historic.

Around 1200 people have sought medical attention in Chelyabinsk alone because of the disaster, the region's governor Mikhail Yurevich told RIA Novosti. Over 110 of them have been hospitalized and two of them are in heavy condition. Among the injured there are 159 children, Emergency ministry reported.
Army units found three meteorite debris impact sites, two of which are in an area near Chebarkul Lake, west of Chelyabinsk. The third site was found some 80 kilometers further to the northwest, near the town of Zlatoust. One of the fragments that struck near Chebarkul left a crater six meters in diameter.
Servicemembers from the tank brigade that found the crater have confirmed that background radiation levels at the site are normal.
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“At first I saw a huge bright fire up in the skies, and then came a loud explosion that not only shattered the windows, but blew out the window frames,” Taisiya Alabuzhina told RT.
“My heart is still beating 200 heartbeats a minute! … I saw this terrible flash, it was red-orange! My eyes are still hurting,” a witness from Chelyabinsk wrote on a local web forum. “I turned off all the lights, sat the kids on a couch and waited… Oh, my God, I thought the war had begun.”
Natalia, another Chelyabinsk resident, also expressed frustration. “Windows were blown out, furniture was jumping, I am shaking now. What do I do? I first grabbed my cat and passport and ran outside, but then was told to come back home, get some water and sit here,” she said, according to Komsomolskaya Pravda.

More eyewitness accounts and pictures:
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CME on Behind headed kinda' our direction but perhaps too North and East.

Hey Sol crew, I took a pic of sunspot 1671 this morning thought you might like to see?

[link to i1245.photobucket.com]

Btw great work all.

Again some great shots of Plasma being drawn back into the Sun from great distances,watch at 2 and 3 on the dial [link to www.sidc.oma.be] !

Cool eh!?

Where are you all by the way - did the power go down on our US watchers or what?

thats a great image! thanks for sharing
i one day would love to have the ability to look at the sun in that way :)

My Uncle (non GLP ) came to visit from Canada.


See you all tomorrow, good night

Hiya solar crew

we have a new blog post up
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exiting times

Hey Sol crew, I took a pic of sunspot 1671 this morning thought you might like to see?

[link to i1245.photobucket.com]

Btw great work all.