October 28, 20214 yr Which Gerard Butler movie is this from? https://www.space.com/sun-unleashes-major-x-class-solar-flare-october-2021
October 28, 20214 yr My recent education and extensive research on solar flares (conducted and acquired over the last 5 minutes with the aid of Google and Wikipedia) tells me this will likely be a non-event. While it was indeed classified as a class X solar flare (the most intense classification), it's only an X1. Per NASA: Quote Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however — when intense enough — they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel. This flare is classified as an X1-class flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. An X2 is twice as intense as an X1, an X3 is three times as intense, etc. Flares that are classified X10 or stronger are considered unusually intense. Much more powerful ones such as the class X45 Halloween Solar Storms of 2003 and the class X5.7 Bastille Day event have hit us in the fairly recent past. So, we should be grateful we won't see our telegraph operators getting severe electrical shocks like they did during the Carrington event of 1859 when the aurora could be seen as far south as central Mexico. That must've been something, I dare say. At any rate, here's a neat photo of the flare taken by NASA this morning: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — as seen in the bright flash at the Sun’s lower center — on Oct. 28, 2021. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized here in teal. Credit: NASA/SDO https://blogs.nasa.gov/solarcycle25/2021/10/28/sun-releases-significant-solar-flare/
October 28, 20214 yr I emitted an X1 level gastrointestinal flare this morning. Not as strong as the x6 I emitted the morning of Jan 8, 2010, or the x8.9 I emitted on the morning of Jan 2, 1991.
October 28, 20214 yr Oh fuck that X1 shit @ Bolverk, this was obviously an X3 !!! Edited October 28, 20214 yr by Onboard 2.0
October 28, 20214 yr 24 minutes ago, bolverk said: My recent education and extensive research on solar flares (conducted and acquired over the last 5 minutes with the aid of Google and Wikipedia) tells me this will likely be a non-event. While it was indeed classified as a class X solar flare (the most intense classification), it's only an X1. Per NASA: Much more powerful ones such as the class X45 Halloween Solar Storms of 2003 and the class X5.7 Bastille Day event have hit us in the fairly recent past. So, we should be grateful we won't see our telegraph operators getting severe electrical shocks like they did during the Carrington event of 1859 when the aurora could be seen as far south as central Mexico. That must've been something, I dare say. At any rate, here's a neat photo of the flare taken by NASA this morning: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — as seen in the bright flash at the Sun’s lower center — on Oct. 28, 2021. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized here in teal. Credit: NASA/SDO https://blogs.nasa.gov/solarcycle25/2021/10/28/sun-releases-significant-solar-flare/ What level is the X"get this shit over with/cleanse with fire" solar flare? Sort of rooting for that one.
October 28, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said: Oh fuck that X1 shit @ Bolverk, this was obviously an X3 !!! Bullshit. I bet they're exaggerating just to get some clicks, and it's really only a pitiful M-class.
October 28, 20214 yr 56 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: Pre-packaging excuses for Immamac when Surly goes down later? Brilliant. This coming Saturday afternoon, around 1:30 p.m.
October 28, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, Homercles said: I wondered why it was so damn windy today south austin's mom is salty.
October 28, 20214 yr 38 minutes ago, Lobo said: ^ this with about 3:07 left in the 3rd quarter. With Texas driving.
October 28, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Victorious1 said: so, global warming on the sun too? The Sun’s inhabitants are burning too much fossil fuel …
October 28, 20214 yr 17 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said: The Sun’s inhabitants are burning too much fossil fuel … Yup, from those dinosaurs that died there a few million years ago.
October 28, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, bolverk said: My recent education and extensive research on solar flares (conducted and acquired over the last 5 minutes with the aid of Google and Wikipedia) tells me this will likely be a non-event. While it was indeed classified as a class X solar flare (the most intense classification), it's only an X1. Per NASA: Much more powerful ones such as the class X45 Halloween Solar Storms of 2003 and the class X5.7 Bastille Day event have hit us in the fairly recent past. So, we should be grateful we won't see our telegraph operators getting severe electrical shocks like they did during the Carrington event of 1859 when the aurora could be seen as far south as central Mexico. That must've been something, I dare say. At any rate, here's a neat photo of the flare taken by NASA this morning: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — as seen in the bright flash at the Sun’s lower center — on Oct. 28, 2021. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the extremely hot material in flares and which is colorized here in teal. Credit: NASA/SDO https://blogs.nasa.gov/solarcycle25/2021/10/28/sun-releases-significant-solar-flare/ Fake ass shit. Everybody know the sun is yellow-orange.
October 31, 20214 yr 22 hours ago, Radical Larry said: I wonder how much mass was ejected there. That was pretty awesome.
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