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Thanks for the responses.

:greenkarma:

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Gonna be interesting to see what happens when the big guy hits us soon.

haha been waiting for a reason to post this one ^^


Last Edited by NiNzrez on 03/16/2013 12:52 PM

Well I had trouble tracking this one down again (it's been awhile). I had to scour half the freakin' internets but I found it. An oldie but goodie from NASA- it relates to that 60 degree west zone and it's fast connection to Earth.

New Kind of Solar Storm

(snip) Next, if the explosion is powerful enough, a billion-ton cloud of gas billows away from the blast site. This is the coronal mass ejection or "CME." CMEs are relatively slow. Even the fastest ones, traveling one to two thousand km/s, take a day or so to reach Earth. You know a CME has just arrived when you see auroras in the sky.
En route to Earth, CMEs plow through a lot of gaseous material, first in the sun's atmosphere and then out in interplanetary space. You thought space was empty? No. The void between planets is filled with protons and other particles from the solar wind. Shock waves in front of the CME can accelerate these protons in our direction--hence the proton storm.
"CMEs can account for most proton storms," says Lin, but not the proton storm of January 20th. According to theory, CMEs can't push material to Earth quickly enough.
Back to the drawing board: If a CME didn't accelerate the protons, what did?
"We have an important clue," says Lin. When the explosion occurred, sunspot 720 was located at a special place on the sun: 60o west longitude. This means "the sunspot was magnetically connected to Earth."
He explains: The sun's magnetic field spirals out into the solar system like water from a lawn sprinkler. (Why? The sun spins like a lawn sprinkler does.) The magnetic field emerging from solar longitude 60o W bends around and intersects Earth. Protons are guided by magnetic force fields so, on January 20th, there was a superhighway for protons leading all the way from sunspot 720 to our planet.

Full article:
[link to science.nasa.gov]

Also this paper on CMEs: 'Stealth' Solar Storms:

[link to www.nso.edu]

Looking forward to the forecasted arrival of the CME in the next 12 hours (give or take)

Am I right on this, that we now have a S1 Solar radiation storm? Doesn't seem like a big deal at this point.

[link to www.solarham.net]
[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

Last Edited by WhiteAngel on 03/16/2013 01:24 PM

SOHO is updating finally. I don't see much on the C3 image to be concerned about, but we may see some of the IP shock and some fluctuations in the solar winds a few days hence. When they fill in all the delayed images we'll get a better look.

SOHO C3 image:

[link to sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov]

Did everyone see the story at Spaceweather.com? Comet PanSTARRS may be breaking up a little. I wonder what effect, if any, this incoming CME will have on it. Maybe we'll see some fireworks or Comet Doom, LOL.

[link to www.spaceweather.com]

image [link to img577.imageshack.us]

[link to solarimg.org]

Hi, whiteangel Better bring the tomato plants in just to be on the safe side.

I believe it's the first SEP event of 2013 so it's a big deal to me. Besides I get to try on my new lead underwear and tin foil hat, haha.

Apparently as many tails as it can fit per the size of its' nucleus by the look of it [link to stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov] !?

How many?

Incredible.

Crews

Howdy, Spittin' here's a pretty picture I forgot to post earlier.
:3/16erupt:
:3/16footpoint:

Preparing for a NASA fakedown?

Dr. isn't too sure -


[link to www.youtube.com]

But placing a question mark after 'Crying Wolf' is akin to Spread-Betting,no!?

We'll see [link to ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov] .

Double peak
[link to www.gdgps.net]

That is stunning.

Good to be here,briefly - awaiting ol' beasty to see what we can see.

: )

Oh you are too funny Hugh. should be interesting to see how big it does or doesn't get.

When was that Hugh?

I see we are plugged in about there,was this before or after the Protons?

Haven't been watching much so I am out of da' loop,just like that!

That,for me at least,was the definition of 'Random'...!?

What is it T3CH?

Be sure to pay your last respects to Pan as he exist stage and prepares for spectaculations [link to stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov] .

EUVI Ahead is very interesting,esp. the North-West [link to stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov] just over our limb,the Filament.

That is just over the limb of our North-West,isn't it?

Regardless,it looks very cool on the EUVI.

Last Edited by Spittin'Cesium on 03/16/2013 02:07 PM

I would love to see it but it is a fail for me. I think it is below our famous mountains plus there has just been too much chem-trailing in the area to see thru. sure am hoping that the Year of the Comet isn't a total bust when ISON comes along~!!!

hui

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

I'm ready to call it The Year Of The CHEMTRAILS....jes' sayin'.

[link to helios.izmiran.rssi.ru]

[link to ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov]


The big one cometh.

Last Edited by Da fuq on 03/16/2013 03:46 PM

Thanks for the footpoint link Hugh, been looking for that for awhile.

STUNNING!! Gotta bookmark that Russian site, they got the knack for sure.

good eye Da, and some confirmation of your ponderings. maybe you could upgrade those ponderings to an informal hypothesis?

Last Edited by Isis One on 03/16/2013 03:52 PM

Full bars on drap

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

A no-show for me also - Sundown crazyhaze blocking everything,always.

I meant it last respects on the HI1 imager though

It'll be out of its' view soon,and for me,is the closest eyeball I have ever had on a Comet,looked/looks immense

Ya' officially S1 now.

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