X-Flare 6.9 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Aug 09 07:48)

chill out, protons!

Bring it on.

bring some samosas

1.But what numbers of them was earth directed....
2.Earth magnetic shield was much stronger then

Last Edited by outofspace on 08/09/2011 05:00 AM

lol damnn

the 2 in red

Protons surging!

This could be the most significant flare to date in the new solar maximum!

[link to www.swpc.noaa.gov]

The question is, were any of those flares directed towards Earth?

yes 2 in red

[link to www.awi.de]
oh noes

Ranking Day/Month/Year X-Ray Class
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1 04/11/03 X28+
2 02/04/01 X20.0
2 16/08/89 X20.0
3 28/10/03 X17.2
4 07/09/05 X17
5 06/03/89 X15.0
5 11/07/78 X15.0
6 15/04/01 X14.4
7 24/04/84 X13.0
7 19/10/89 X13.0
8 15/12/82 X12.9
9 06/06/82 X12.0
9 01/06/91 X12.0
9 04/06/91 X12.0
9 06/06/91 X12.0
9 11/06/91 X12.0
9 15/06/91 X12.0
10 17/12/82 X10.1
10 20/05/84 X10.1
11 29/10/03 X10
11 25/01/91 X10.0
11 09/06/91 X10.0
12 09/07/82 X 9.8
12 29/09/89 X 9.8
13 22/03/91 X 9.4
13 06/11/97 X 9.4
14 24/05/90 X 9.3
15 05/12/06 X 9.0
15 06/11/80 X 9.0
15 02/11/92 X 9.0

But only 2 of them was earth directed.....

Exactly, and the current solar windspeed is 600km/s
[link to www2.nict.go.jp]

And with the density of the extra protons, this could excite the atmoshere quite nicly

Maybe it wil rattle 11266 to life.

[link to www.solarmonitor.org]

Lots of doom potential yet.

No.

And no.

[link to www.sciencephoto.com]

I'm worried that the 3 big ones we just had weakened the shield...

I had a feeling that mofo #1263 was going to send us a candygram before it spun around to the other side of the sun.... and sure enough it did.




Last Edited by hillcrest3 on 08/09/2011 05:07 AM

so it's potential thread.

I think this will penetrate the atmosphere differently since the magnetic field is weakened and some areas have holes

I had that feeling abot that spot too.

I'm glad she waited till it was a bit further around

A closer look at it.

[link to sdowww.lmsal.com]

The sciencephoto link is from a flare in 2005, bud.

Thanks, Great Link

Bz in the green.
A0/AE(nT) positive.

Nothing to worry about for now.

Correct. it was just to prove that the ones in red from the first link were not earth facing.

Oh noes 9 11



09-Aug-11 07:43:00 to 09-Aug-11 08:14:40

LOL, and with S&P closing at -6.66 yesterday

This shits getting trippy

once the magnetosphere is gone that it folks