Solar Flares

M1-Class solar flare, sends CME careening towards Earth

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TheExtinctionProtocol.com-3/16/13

 

 

 

 

March 16, 2013SPACE - A magnetic filament snaking around sunspot AR1692 erupted on March 15th at about 0600 UT. The slow explosion, which took hours to unfold, produced an M1-class solar flare and a bright CME. SOHO (the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) photographed the expanding cloud, which is heading directly toward Earth: The CME left the sun traveling some 900 km/s (2 million mph). Three-dimensional computer models based on observations from SOHO and NASA’s twin STEREO probes predict the CME will cross the void between sun and Earth in two days or less. NOAA forecasters estimate a 70% chance of polar geomagnetic storms when the cloud arrives on March 17th. This means the sky could turn green on St. Patrick’s Day! High latitude (and possibly even middle latitude) sky watchers should be alert for auroras this weekend.

 

Solar Flare to Produce Spectacular Northern Lights

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AccuWeather.com-3/16/13, Vickie Frantz

 

This photograph of the Northern Lights is courtesy of Philippe Moussette at Observatoire Mont Cosmos, Quebec, Canada.

 

An Earth-Directed coronal mass ejection (CME) occurred during the early morning hours Friday.

The resulting solar flare was pointed directly at the United States for a duration of nearly two hours, according to Hunter Outten. Outten is a contributing forecaster for the AccuWeather Astronomy page.

 

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Long duration M1.2 solar flare, Full-Halo Earth directed CME

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TheWatchers- 3/15/13, Adonai

 

Catania Sunspots - March 15, 2013

 

Region 1692 erupted with long duration M-class solar flare peaking at 06:50 UTC as M1.2 solar flare on March 15, 2013. The event started at 05:52 and ended at 07:30 UTC. A Full-Halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was observed and it looks to be Earth directed.

A 10cm Radio Burst was associated with the event indicating significant radio noise in association with a solar flare. This noise is generally short-lived but can cause interference for sensitive receivers including radar, GPS, and satellite communications. Region 1692 was still classified with Alpha magnetic configuration at 0:30 UTC today.

The fast moving cloud should directly impact Earth by tomorrow evening.

 

Long duration C2 solar flare erupted from Region 1690

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TheWatchers.com-3/13/13, Adonai

 

March 12, 2013 - C2 Solar Flare.

Filament eruption – C2 solar flare – March 12, 2013 – Image courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams

 

 

A long duration C-class solar flare erupted from Region 1690 on March 12, 2013. The event started at 10:17, peaked ad 11:06 as C2.0 flare and ended at 12:25 UTC. A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was produced. Region 1690 still has Alpha magnetic configuration, but its nearby Region 1691 is now Beta classified. Couple of hours later, at 14:16 UTC, Region 1695 erupted with C1.0 solar flare

 

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Huge solar prominence erupted off the southwestern limb – non Earth directed CME -

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The Watchers=2/27/13, Adonai

 

 

A huge magnetic filiment erupted off the sun's southwestern limb during the early hours of Februrary 27, 2013. Most of the plasma looks to be headed away from the Earth though.  On the Earth side of the Sun, act five region 1682, developed a Beta-gamma magnetic configuration and now harbors energy for M-class solar flares. NOAA forecasters estimated a 15% chance of M flares, and a .01% chance of x class.

 

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Massive Sunspot Rapidly Forming on the Sun

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Wunderground.com-2/20/ 2013

 

 

 

 

A giant sunspot that's at least six times the diameter of Earth has formed on the sun in less than 48 hours, according to NASA.Sunspots form when the sun's magnetic fields rearrange and realign. They tend to be unstable and can lead to solar flares.

 


According to a news release, scientists from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory watched the sunspot rapidly grow on February 19 and 20. The agency says it could even be larger than six times the diameter of Earth "since the spot lies on a sphere not a flat disk."

 

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Solar flares: NASA pics of stunning storm

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NASA reports that a huge X1.4 class flare erupted from the center of the sun on July 12, 2012, at 10 a.m. PDT, which erupted from a part of the sun known as Active Region 1520.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has released this incredible image of the enormous flare, which could well interfere with radio and navigation systems on Earth.

Making the situation even more volatile, the flight center reports there was a coronal mass ejection, which occurred simultaneously.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports:

The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

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No more holding back, its time to blossom. We are in a time of immense energy of epic proportions. The universe is giving us the energy we need to evolve into a higher state of consciousness.

Everyone can feel the undertow of change subtly pulling on our society. It is a change well received, and well deserved. More people are realizing their true power as human beings, and their contribution to the global consciousness is now becoming a ripe investment.

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