Posted on 01/23/2012 12:37:53 PM PST by TaraP
A powerful solar eruption, the largest since May 2005 according to NOAA, is expected to blast a stream of charged particles toward Earth, which could force planes to be re-routed.
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Look at what happened in May 2005 when the same kind of flare hit earth.M.8
CALIFORNIA AURORAS: Last night, May 14th, an extreme geomagnetic storm sparked auroras across much of the United States. Dennis Mammana took this picture from Borrego Springs in the Anza-Borrego Desert of Southern California:
The storm is subsiding now, but it’s not finished. Sky watchers, especially those in Canada, Alaska and northern-tier US states such as Minnesota and Wisconsin, should remain alert for auroras tonight.
What caused this storm? A coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth’s magnetic field. Impact time: May 14th at 0230 UT. Pictured below, the CME left the sun on May 13th, propelled in our direction by an M8-class explosion near sunspot 759. Eighteen hours later it reached Earth and sparked bright auroras.
EARTHQUAKES in 2005
June 13 Tarapaca, Chile 7.8
June 15 Off coast of northern California 7.2
July 24 Nicobar Islands, India 7.3
Aug. 16 Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan 7.2
Sept. 9 New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea 7.7
Sept. 26 Northern Peru 7.5
Oct. 8 Pakistan 7.6
Nov. 14 Off coast of Honshu, Japan 7.0
Space Weather Message Code: WARPX1
Serial Number: 337
Issue Time: 2012 Jan 23 1426 UTC
EXTENDED WARNING: Proton 10MeV Integral Flux above 10pfu expected
Extension to Serial Number: 336
Valid From: 2012 Jan 23 0500 UTC
Now Valid Until: 2012 Jan 24 1900 UTC
Warning Condition: Persistence
Predicted NOAA Scale: S3 - Strong
If you were the sun and had to put up with a bunch of global warming deniers, you would be angry, too. :)
Very good.
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