This image, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows the M5.3 class solar flare that peaked on July 4, 2012, at 5:55 AM EDT and released on July 5, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/NASA/SDO/AIA/Helioviewer/Handout
This image, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory, shows the M5.3 class solar flare that peaked on July 4, 2012, at 5:55 AM EDT and released on July 5, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/NASA/SDO/AIA/Helioviewer/Handout
I get all excited about this stuff, but then I remember that our individual days are numbered, as is our planet, as is our society.
And then I have a Jameson, neat, and life is good again. :)
I was being silly, but this is actually, very interesting!
“Many telegraph lines across North America were rendered inoperable on the night of August 28 as the first of two successive solar storms struck. E.W. Culgan, a telegraph manager in Pittsburgh, reported that the resulting currents flowing through the wires were so powerful that platinum contacts were in danger of melting and “streams of fire” were pouring forth from the circuits. In Washington, D.C., telegraph operator Frederick W. Royce was severely shocked as his forehead grazed a ground wire. According to a witness, an arc of fire jumped from Royce’s head to the telegraphic equipment. Some telegraph stations that used chemicals to mark sheets reported that powerful surges caused telegraph paper to combust.”
http://www.history.com/news/a-perfect-solar-superstorm-the-1859-carrington-event
Hey, what happened to that asteroid that ya’ll said might strike earth on Mar. 23rd? Is it still headed this way or did it turn around like that Malaysian jet?
Thanks for providing the thread.
When this happened, it was discussed here on FR. It wasn’t the only ‘close call’ we have had.
At the time, I wondered why the community of Astronomers and other scientists hadn’t made a big deal out of it.
IIRC, we were discussing the flare that was made up of mostly X-Rays and was 100 times larger than anything in recorded history.
I mentioned that it was odd that none of them had shown much ‘concern’ publicly ( meaning it didn’t get much media attention).
I asked what would have happened if it hit directly. I said would ‘us’ being ‘french fried’ be a good way to describe it.
He said, yes. That is all he said.
It seemed to me that the scientific community (again... the MSM) decided it best not to make a big deal out of it, since it missed.
We need a big window shade that can block the sun!
Ban de Soleil!
Carrington style events always follow low solar activity periods.
Why, I haven’t the foggiest.
I personally suspect it deals with deep solar structures and how they behave during and after a deep solar minimum.