Explosive X1.9 Class Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun

Scitech Daily ^ | JANUARY 12, 2023 | By NASA

[Red Badger]

[SubMareener]

Not to worry! The USGS assures us that solar activity has nothing to do with earthquakes and weather.

[Red Badger]

Should make some awesome auroras.......................

[NorthMountain]

171, 131 and 304 angstrom wavelengths.

That's soft x-ray wavelengths.

[blackdog]

What right wing homophobic extremist group is responsible?

[NorthMountain]

If you’re a satellite or grid operator, follow SOP to protect your gear.

Everybody else is welcome to run around with their hair on fire, if it makes them feel better.

[al baby]

any chance it will destroy earth god i hope so

[SubMareener]

If am beginning to wonder whether the prophecy in Revelation about 1/3rd of the stars falling from the sky doesn’t refer to a solar flare taking out 1/3rd of the Starlink satellites.

[rfp1234]

Isn’t that Musk’s youngest son?

[jonrick46]

These flares emit radiation that intersect the Earth’s magnetic field causing the heating of the atmosphere. Global warming.

[V V Camp Enari 67-68]

We’ve all seen these flare warnings and notices before. So what’s the problem?

[Magnum44]

Explosive X1.9 Class Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun

This happens every time Marvin fires up his Illudium PU-36 Explosive space modulator

[volunbeer]

Satellites are shielded against adverse effects from these and they happen much more frequently than people realize.

However, given the photographs above that is an incredibly big one!

[Jamestown1630]

We’re all gonna die this time.

[Delta 21]

That’s a tiny one.

[Delta 21]

But it did cause an earthquake in the south Pacific.

[Delta 21]

https://youtu.be/CpX3WXoCQVQ

[SubMareener]

Trust me, I spent three years at the Naval Space Command. Solar storms can and have deorbited satellites.

[ClearCase_guy]

I believe the Carrington Event was something like X45.

So ... bigger.