Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Sept 7, 2011 ALERT Solar Flare

On Sept. 6th, active sunspot 1283 produced two major eruptions including an impulsive X2-class solar flare. The blasts hurled a pair of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) toward Earth, which could spark geomagnetic activity when they arrive on Sept. 8-10. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras in the nights ahead.

Geomagnetic activity like this has preceded some of the earthquakes we have been getting the last few years.

Monitor this page:

http://www.n3kl.org/sun/noaa.html

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