On Tuesday dark , the surface of the Sun take fire in an violent solar solar flare , blasting a massive wave of charged particles in the direction of Earth . And too soon this dayspring , those particles smashed into our satellite ’s atmosphere .
The coronal the great unwashed ejection ( CME ) arrived this morning at approximately 5:45 EST . In the picture up top you could see Tuesday nighttime ’s solar flare draw by the conspicuously bright orange realm on the upper left hand [ Hi res usable here ; and definitely check out the video below of Tuesday nighttime ’s burst ] .
NOAA report that the Sun ’s rush was categorize as an X5.4 , which means it ’s not only the second expectant solar flare we ’ve witness since 2007 , it ’s also much more violent than the solar storm that had us canceling plane flights and keeping an eye out for low - latitude auroraeback in January .
https://gizmodo.com/a-massive-solar-eruption-may-lead-to-the-strongest-radi-5878525
According to SpaceWeather.com it ’s still too former to secern what variety of geomagnetic storms the particles ’ 4 - million - mph hit with our atmosphere may trigger . NOAA allege that “ so far , the orientation of the magnetic airfield has been the opponent of what is needed ” to cause the strongest storms . But that field , the Administration admonish , will continue to change , and former predictions that violent storm could touch the G3 grade still “ look justified . ” ( At the time this post went live , the geomagnetic tempest activity was at a G1 rating — for more information on how the NOAA ranks geomagnetic storms , see this chart . )
With these things in judgement , space conditions officials are still disposed for the strongest overall solar storm since December of 2006 , and are foresee the CME ’s arrival to have an impact on everything from radio transmissions , to electrical grid , to satellite navigation organization for at least the next 24 hours .
Fortunately , there are precautionary mensuration that can be take against all of these potential hazards . Many aircraft flying over the Earth ’s polar regions — where communicating issues are auspicate to be peculiarly acute — have already been rerouted ; satellite affected by the storm are programmed to reboot with as little incident as possible ; and in - space monitoring equipment operated by NASA and NOAA will provide meshing hustler the clock time and foresightedness ask to anticipate and respond to problems in a well-timed way .
For most of us , however , the next day or two will in all probability carry out much like any other 24—48 hour period , save for a greater likelihood of witnessing some northern Christ Within . This pic , for illustration , was just captured in the tundra east of Murmansk Russia . lensman Giovanni Cappelli write to SpaceWeather.com :
“ We were in the tundra waiting for the CME … The Aurora were better than expected this clock time . This photo resembled green fervor shooting up from the Baron Snow of Leicester . ”
Keep your eyes flake , everybody — according to some predictions , even people in the lower 48 should have a luck of spotting some aurorae .
Read more onNASAandSpaceWeather.com . For ongoing update on geomagnetic storm and solar radiation tempest bodily function , check out NOAA .
Top image via NASA ; Burst video via NASA Goddard ; Russian aurora by Giovanni Cappelli viaSpaceWeather.com
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