Solar flare alert! Drink lots of water, drive defensively, ground as much as possible, and make sure youre doing a daily practice. Your mind is likely to be overly active right now, so be mindful of where you put your attention (and therefore your energy). From SpaceWeather: Big sunspot AR1890 is crackling with strong flares. The latest, which peaked on Nov. 8th at 04:32 UT, registered M8 on the Richter Scale of Flares. NASAs Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a flash of extreme UV radiation from the almost-X flare: This sunspot has a signature: It tends to produce very brief flares. The M8-flare was no exception as it lasted barely a minute. Brevity mitigates Earth-effects, so this intense flare, at first glance at least, does not appear strongly geoeffective. Stay tuned for updates. More eruptions are in the offing. NOAA forecasters estimate a 60% chance of M-class solar flares and a 20% chance of X-flares on Nov. 8th.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 08:51:08 +0000
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