Our “bad boy” sunspot 1402 continues to unleash flares. At 18:37 UT this active region produced the largest category of flares; an X-class flare. It measured X2 to be exact. Since this active region is rotating over the limb of the Sun the eruption was not Earth directed. But energetic protons accelerated by the blast are now surrounding our planet and a S1-class radiation storm is in progress. S1-class is the lowest of 5 (S1 to S5) and has no biological impact, no satellite operations are impacted but some minor impact on HF radio is experienced. Credit: NASA SDO
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C3-class Solar Flare Erupts on Sept. 8, 2010 [Video]
Image by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
On Sept. 8, active region 1105 erupted, producing a C3-class solar flare (peak @ 2330 UT) and a fantastic prominence.
Just as sunspot 1105 was turning away from Earth on Sept. 8, the active region erupted, producing a solar flare and a fantastic prominence. The eruption also hurled a bright coronal mass ejection into space. The eruption was not directed toward any planets.
View a detail still of the event here: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4974263471
To view a full disk still view go here: www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4975115754
Credit: NASA/SDO
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Wow, under threat by government, by state control, global wars, banking collapse..now massive solar flares. Must be in 2012 then #solarflare – by outpostof (outpostof)