Awesome Photo Shows Monster Sunspot Aiming Our Way

universetoday.com ^ | October 20, 2014 | Jason Major off

[Steely Tom]

This is the real deal, it's KYAG time.

These others, well, I don't what was going on back then:

• 11 Sep 2014: Scientists: 'Extreme' Solar Storm Heading to Earth
• 11 Sep 2014: Solar Flare Geomagnetic Strength Increased by Twice: NASA
• 23 Aug 2013: Sun Unleashes Another Solar Storm Aimed at Earth
• 21 Aug 2013: Sun Fires Solar Storm Directly at Earth [but only Aurora activity is expected]
• 9 Mar 2013: The calm before the solar storm? NASA warns 'something unexpected is happening to the Sun'
• 8 Mar 2013: The calm before the solar storm? NASA warns 'something unexpected is happening to the Sun'
• 26 Nov 2012: Will The Peak of the Solar Cycle in 2013 Produce Technology Crippling Solar Super Storms?
• 26 Nov 2012: Could a 'Solar Maximum' event spark food riots and meltdowns? (One respected scientist says 'yes!')
• 7 Jul 2012: Storm Warning: The Gloomy Forecast for EMPs
• 8 May 2012: Monster Sunspot Threatens to Unleash Powerful Solar Flares
• 5 May 2012: Space weather expert h as ominous forecast
• 7 Mar 2012 Solar storm headed toward Earth may disrupt power
• 23 Jan 2012: Planes expected to reroute following massive solar eruption

But this one is nothing to fool around with, trust me.

[BenLurkin]

[equaviator]

Does this qualify as yet another “outbreak”?

[TigersEye]

Awesome Photo Shows Monster Sunspot Aiming Our Way - According to Spaceweather.com AR2192 has grown considerably over the past few days and has the potential to unleash M- and X-class flares in our direction now that it’s moving into Earth-facing position.

The Sun has an AR and it's taking aim at us.

[left that other site]

Monster Sunspot Ping

[TigersEye]

But this one is nothing to fool around with, trust me.

I'm going to poke it with a stick anyway just to see what happens.

[Nepeta]

That looks like Horus...

[EEGator]

It shows this for Horus: Of course I probably shouldn't use Wikipedia as my source...

[Nepeta]

I see the difference. I was only looking at the falcon head.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks left that other site. Probably a false alarm for this list, but wtt (What the Tarnation).

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks left that other site. Extra to APoD.

[null and void]

Time and the Sun. They might be related...

[KoRn]

LOL!!!

Now, that right there is pretty damn creative! LOL!!!!!

[uglybiker]

We're DOOMED!!

[rabidralph]

And it has an A-R.