Carrington-Class sunspot 15x larger than earth ejects massive pulse of flares

A severe G4 geomagnetic storm could emerge on Friday, triggering a watch for a storm of this magnitude from NOAA officials for the first time in nearly 20 years. The watch comes after days of solar activity that seemingly sent several explosions of plasma and magnetic fields toward Earth.G4s are the second-strongest form of geomagnetic storms and are known to potentially cause widespread voltage control problems. According to NOAA, they can also cause some protective systems to “trip out key assets from the grid,” as well as orientation issues for spacecraft. Aurora borealis, otherwise known as the northern lights, could be seen as far south as Alabama…

Map shows the aurora borealis (northern lights) forecast for May 10-12, 2024.

“If geomagnetic storms were hurricanes, ‘severe’ would be category 4,” SpaceWeather.com says.

In a press release on Thursday, NOAA said the most recent series of solar events started on May 8, when a large cluster of sunspots produced “several moderate to strong solar flares.” Solar flares are bursts of radiation known to be the solar system’s largest explosive events, according to NASA. The area where the recent flares occurred is 16 times the diameter of Earth, NOAA said, and more solar activity is expected.

That sunspot is so big you may be able to see it with your own eyes – with your solar eclipse glasses. The spot is known as AR3664. According to Space.com, it measures about 124,000 miles across and is one of the “largest and most active sunspots seen this solar cycle.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There has also been a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields that come out of the sun’s corona, the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere. At least five CMEs appear directed toward Earth and could arrive as early as midday on Friday and persist through Sunday, the agency said.

“This is an unusual event,” NOAA said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/severe-geomagnetic-storm-watch-issued-unusual-solar-event/

5 thoughts on “Carrington-Class sunspot 15x larger than earth ejects massive pulse of flares”

  1. If you could please publish this link of an interview with Sasha Latypova, a former R and D employee in Big Pharma who has discovered that the Covid 19 vax is run by the US military, that what’s going now has been being planned since the 40s, and how all vaccines are meant to kill you. https://rumble.com/v4u9xki-sasha-latypova.html

  2. We had a beautiful Northern Lights display last night in Wisconsin. The whole sky was filled with them. Spaceweather.com said it was a “G5-Extreme” event. So far, I haven’t heard of any power outages or anything in our area. I hope we see more tonight. Is it a celestial warning? I don’t know — but it’s beautiful, for sure.

  3. I’ve seen Catholics who should know better, repost commentary like “RED AURORA at such LOW LATITUDES” and “I’m expecting the most terrifying war of them all”……. Yawn.

    It seems like every Good Point goes through a lifecycle.

    For example take: We should repent. Or have way less abortions (really none). Or way less LGBTQSDFVRFbarf. Or love God, Jesus & Mary a lot more.

    It starts out being a Good Point. The people who make it, get positive reinforcement for making it (dopamine loops). They get more florid. & sooner or later, they Jump the Shark.

    My point I guess, is 1) Calm down. 2) Jumping the Shark is universal…… part of fallen human nature… NO ONE escapes it…. not even the Saved & Confessed. Sigh.

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