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Topic: Big sunspot unleashes
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Big sunspot unleashes
an intense solar flare
Space.com, by Staff
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Posted By:PLPointer67, 1/11/2013 10:31:15 PM
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| The surface of the sun erupted in a solar flare early Friday, unleashing a blast of super-heated plasma into space. A huge sunspot known as AR1654 produced the M1-class flare at 4:11 a.m. EST, officials with NASA´s Solar Dynamics Observatory said in a description of the event. The SDO spacecraft is one of several sun-watching space telescopes keeping tabs on solar flares and other sun weather events. According to Spaceweather.com, sunspot AR1654 is growing more active and is now "crackling with M-class solar flares" like the one that erupted today. "AR1654 is getting bigger as it turns toward Earth,"
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Comments:
Here come da Sun,
Here come da Sun!
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
bubber, 1/11/2013 11:50:19 PM (No. 9111901)
Ban um...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
devnull, 1/12/2013 12:22:13 AM (No. 9111932)
Women and children hit hardest
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
glcinpdx, 1/12/2013 3:09:37 AM (No. 9112021)
Maybe Jug Ears should issue an executive order limiting the capacity of solar flares...
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
NotaBene, 1/12/2013 3:56:50 AM (No. 9112035)
Global Warming in Winter. Perfect!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
IowaDad, 1/12/2013 6:14:38 AM (No. 9112076)
Waves reaching shores.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stated today that a trivial storm in the Atlantic was producing small waves that are "predicted to hit the eastern seaboard" of the United States later today. "These waves could destroy sand-castles over a thousand miles of beaches. Appropriate action is advised".
Film at eleven
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 1/12/2013 10:21:39 AM (No. 9112441)
FTA:"AR1654 is getting bigger as it turns toward Earth," the website reported. "Not only is the chance of flares increasing, but also the chance of an Earth-directed eruption. This could be the sunspot that breaks the recent lengthy spell of calm space weather around our planet."
Or not
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The surface of the sun erupted in a solar flare early Friday, unleashing a blast of super-heated plasma into space. A huge sunspot known as AR1654 produced the M1-class flare at 4:11 a.m. EST, officials with NASA´s Solar Dynamics Observatory said in a description of the event. The SDO spacecraft is one of several sun-watching space telescopes keeping tabs on solar flares and other sun weather events. According to Spaceweather.com, sunspot AR1654 is growing more active and is now "crackling with M-class solar flares" like the one that erupted today. "AR1654 is getting bigger as it turns toward Earth,"
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