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I really wanted to bring you this current information (from space.com) on the increased Activity of the Sun. We had a strong solar flare yesterday that could possibly produce the auroras all the way down to Texas and Florida. I have never seen them. so I will be keeping an eye to the Sky tonight and tomorrow!
I have included a great infographic from space.com that will explain the Sun's Activity!
Finally, a photostudy of my Texas Raincloud and Sunset, Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!
Anatomy of Sun Storms & Solar Flares (Infographic)
Karl Tate, SPACE.com Infographics Artist
Date: 07 March 2012 Time: 11:29 AM ET
Solar Flare's Red Glare: Sun Unleashes Early Fourth of July Fireworks
by Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor
Date: 02 July 2012 Time: 05:31 PM ET
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tariq joined TechMediaNetwork's SPACE.com team in 2001 as a staff writer, and later editor, covering human spaceflight, exploration and space science. He became SPACE.com's Managing Editor in 2009. Before joining SPACE.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University.
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An intense M5.6-class solar flare erupts from sunspot region AR1515 on July 2, 2012 in this still from a NASA video by the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
CREDIT: NASA
The sun erupted with a powerful solar flare Monday (July 2) in an early solar fireworks display just in time for the Fourth of July. A wave of plasma from the flare could reach Earth by the U.S. Independence Day holiday on Wednesday, July 4.
The sun storm came from a large sunspot called AR1515 that is now rotating across the Earth-facing side of the sun. It unleashed an intense solar flare at 6:43 a.m. EDT (1043 GMT) today in what is expected to be one of several strong solar storms in the days ahead, space weather officials said.
Several space telescopes are monitoring the sun around the clock, with NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft capturing video of today's solar flare.
The flare registered as a class M5.6 solar storm on the scale used by astronomers to measure the sun's weather. The sun's strongest storms come in three primary classes. The weakest storms are C-class flares, which have little effects that can be felt on Earth. M-class flares are moderate solar storms that can supercharge the Earth's northern lights displays.
The strongest solar storms are X-class events. When aimed at Earth, the most powerful X-class solar flares can endanger spacecraft and astronauts in orbit, interfere with satellite signals, as well as damage power lines and other infrastructure on the ground.
According to Spaceweather.com, a night sky observing and space weather tracking website run by astronomer Tony Phillips, the solar flare unleashed a wave of charged plasma called a coronal mass ejection (CME), but the particles were not aimed squarely at Earth.
"The eruption also hurled a CME into space, but not directly toward Earth. The south-traveling cloud could deliver a glancing blow to our planet's magnetosphere on July 4th or 5th," Spaceweather.com wrote.
Editor's note: If you snap a photo of sunspot AR1515 or any amazing northern lights photos this week and you'd like to share them for a possible story or image gallery, please send images and comments to managing editor Tariq Malik at tmalik@space.com.
You can follow SPACE.com Managing Editor Tariq Malik on Twitter @tariqjmalik. Follow SPACE.com on Twitter @Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebook and Google+
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA8sZOqZn_k
June 23, 2012-Just Push Play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgta99TCag8&feature=relmfu
June 28&29-Just Push Play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gTzFqIeO1E
June 30,2012-Just Push Play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40yManVTdP0
July2, 2012-Just Push Play
Sunset Photostudy: I was chasing a big Rain Cloud on June 26, 2012 (last week). The sun was not visible until the very end when it dropped out of the black cloud into view! Turned out to be a great sunset. In some of the photos you can see some sun spots where the solar flares are coming from! Enjoy!
Of course, one more great performance!
Just Push Play
Dark FireworksCredit: NASA/SDOThis screen capture from the close-up view of the June 7, 2011 solar event shows the sunspot complex originating the flare and the coronal mass ejection plasma cloud falling back towards the sun, described as "dark fireworks."
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