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August 11, 2011
A Gigantic Solar Flare Skirts Earth --The Most Powerful of Solar Cycle 24
This still from a video taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the Aug. 8, 2011 solar flare as it appeared in the ultraviolet range of the light spectrum. The flare registered as an X6.9 class sun storm, the most powerful of the Solar Cycle 24.
The greater mass of the explosion was, fortunately, not directed at Earth. Nevertheless, radiation from the flare created waves of ionization in Earth's upper atmosphere, briefly disrupting communications at some VLF and HF radio frequencies. The CME will probably miss Earth. At this time, however, we cannot rule out a glancing blow from the flank of the cloud on August 11th or 12th.
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The largest solar flare of Cycle 24 just took place at 08:05 UTC and it registered a whopping X6.9. The source was Sunspot 1263 which is nearing the Western Limb. Because of its location, any large explosions may not be fully earth directed. When watching new video images from the STEREO website, it appears the CME (although bright), is less intense than the one caused by the M9.3 flare from last week. A minor S1 Radiation Storm is in progress.
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UPDATE: The latest Lasco C2 movie shows the Coronal Mass Ejection caused by the X6.9 Solar Flare. It looks like a majority of the blast is not earth directed and at the same time you can see Protons racing past the onboard satellite camera.
August 11, 2011
A Gigantic Solar Flare Skirts Earth --The Most Powerful of Solar Cycle 24
This still from a video taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the Aug. 8, 2011 solar flare as it appeared in the ultraviolet range of the light spectrum. The flare registered as an X6.9 class sun storm, the most powerful of the Solar Cycle 24.
The greater mass of the explosion was, fortunately, not directed at Earth. Nevertheless, radiation from the flare created waves of ionization in Earth's upper atmosphere, briefly disrupting communications at some VLF and HF radio frequencies. The CME will probably miss Earth. At this time, however, we cannot rule out a glancing blow from the flank of the cloud on August 11th or 12th.
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Uploaded by Is2012TheDate on Aug 9, 2011
The largest solar flare of Cycle 24 just took place at 08:05 UTC and it registered a whopping X6.9. The source was Sunspot 1263 which is nearing the Western Limb. Because of its location, any large explosions may not be fully earth directed. When watching new video images from the STEREO website, it appears the CME (although bright), is less intense than the one caused by the M9.3 flare from last week. A minor S1 Radiation Storm is in progress.
Stay tuned to SolarHam.com for the most up to date solar information on the internet.
UPDATE: The latest Lasco C2 movie shows the Coronal Mass Ejection caused by the X6.9 Solar Flare. It looks like a majority of the blast is not earth directed and at the same time you can see Protons racing past the onboard satellite camera.