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The Sun Farted on Christmas Day

T

TomZ

I wish I had a punchline for this; but it's real.

We can expect some modest radio related anomalies starting about 6 am Wednesday due to the effects of a solar 'coronal mass ejection' (CME) that blew out on Christmas Day. Fortunately, the Earth will receive a glancing blow so most of the energy will scoot on by.

CME TARGETS MARS, EARTH: New sunspot 1387 erupted during the late hours of Christmas Day, producing an M4-class flare and hurling a CME toward Earth and Mars.

The CME is expected to deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field on Dec. 28th at 1200 UT and a direct hit to the planet Mars on Dec. 30th at 1800 UT. Using onboard radiation sensors, NASA's Curiosity rover might be able to sense the CME when it passes the rover's spacecraft en route to Mars.

Here on Earth, NOAA forecasters estimate a 30-to-40% chance of geomagnetic storms on Dec. 28th when the CME and an incoming solar wind stream (unrelated to the CME) could arrive in quick succession. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras on Wednesday night.

BEAUTIFUL BLAST: After three years of deep quiet, the sun woke up in 2011. Sunspots and solar flares became commonplace again as long-awaited Solar Cycle 24 got underway. One of the most beautiful eruptions of the young solar cycle occured just this past weekend. Rogerio Marcon of Campinas SP Brasil photographed the blast on Christmas Eve:

"I made a time-lapse video of the eruption," says Marcon. "What a wonderful Christmas present." While Marcon was recording the event from Earth, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory was doing the same from Earth-orbit. It was beautiful up there, too.

This explosion was not Earth-directed. Next time, however, could be different. The source of the blast, sunspot 1386, is turning toward Earth, increasing the chances of a geoeffective flare in the days ahead.

Source: http://spaceweather.com/ UPDATED DAILY.
 
FWIW, I noticed a severe reduction in early morning (sunrise + one hour) range from known radio stations; both A&FM's.
 
TomZ said:
Could be that the 2012 year epic is real?
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On the day after Christmas, my daughter and I went across the street to the park and fly a kite.
The weather was sunny and nice with just enough wind for kites. No snow and lots of futbol players.
In Chicago, almost unimaginable.
I don't remember it ever being like this since 81 or 82 winter at Christmas.

Our next "view" on the go-round of that "busy spot" should be any day now.. ya reckon?
 
Our Sun did it again....

INCOMING CME: Active sunspot 1401 erupted yesterday, Jan. 19th around 16:30 UT, producing an M3-class solar flare and a full-halo coronal mass ejection (CME). The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory recorded the cloud expanding almost directly toward Earth.

Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab say strong geomagnetic storms are possible when the cloud arrives this weekend. This animated forecast track predicts an impact on Jan. 21st at 22:30 UT (+/- 7 hrs)
http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/downloads/20120119_183400_anim.tim-den.gif
 
Potentially affect us? The potential effects have been discussed previously.

It's like any other incoming wave of energy.
I'm thinking surfing here, where you watch for "sets",
One's timing and the combinations of "new" and "old" waveforms present that coincide is what lets you ride.
Your own frequency must match that of the water and yet your own input must then allow you to match the phase of the "vibration" incoming on the surface.

If you're not ready and up to speed for the set when it gets to you, you don't ride it.
It's frequency and wavelength at reasonance in water, and a lot of fun.


I'd suggest some form of mental preparedness is prudent when you know sets are lining up.

Here comes one now.

No need for fear, which also pretty much ensures you won't ride any incoming wave.

It's never just one wave though. It's always part of a family of a functional waveform.

At the root of any function expressed in form is always information.

What will the next data burst tell us?
 
The possibility exists for the wave to pass through Earth at ~ Sunset Central Time this evening.

I'm thinking the wave would have the greatest amount of induction due to the wires' positioning.
 
More thoughts on incoming waves. All waves are information.

The power transmission is greatest at the surface or interface.
If the power can be harnessed for a ride, it can only be for a body that can accelerate and synchronise to and
within the waveform presented.
It is possible to "harness" power and enjoy it without ever comprehending its meaning.


If the incoming waveform seems too much, it is possible to simply dive into and under it, avoiding most of the force.
This is a preventative and willful choice.
"Going limp" washes one along a bit, but the passing wave can be disortienting.

With surfing the problem then is you missed the fun of the ride.

There is also "not being in the right place at the right time", when you are low in a trough between
waves, the waveform crests at the bottom and you are thouroughly trashed by the wave because you
are not able to possibly get to the face of the wave where you could ride it.

There are electrical analogies to be considered here that will follow the same effects when this
incoming energy is received.

The waveform of solar radiatiion is literally DC-to-light-and beyond, so all wavelengths are subject.

Mostly, I suppose I fear for un-protected MOSFet junctions. :-[

Not worried at all about how I'll ride this wave, I'm sure it's an important update.
 
That was a pretty graphic on that link. I had it up for a while but now the link is dead. Hmmm.
 
CHANCE OF MAGNETIC STORMS: A coronal mass ejection (CME) expected to hit Earth's magnetic field on Jan. 21st is overdue, leading NOAA forecasters to downgrade the chance of polar geomagnetic storms to 10% - 25%. Even a late arrival could spark a good show, however, considering what is already happening around the Arctic Circle. Just hours ago, Thilo Bubek snapped this picture from Tromsø, Norway:
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There's no doubt that I'm not disappointed that it's late and 'we' are now on the dark side relative to the Sun.

I pondered the outcome of a late 'day' induction due to the positioning of the grid relative to the direction of the EMP; PLUS the effect it might have relative to the three national grids. Where I am, I'm on the Eastern Grid. Just west into Colorado we have the western grid and just a few miles south we have the Texas grid..... it could have been dynamic.
 
Would it really matter what side of the Earth it hit?

Only power fluctuations I saw last night is from us temporaraly getting power the ski area's 34.5 kv line.
 
I see it as an electromagnetic wave that induces electron flow within the conductors the wave(s) traverse... not much different than the theory of broadcasting...

Me bets some of it will attempt to propagate beyond line of sight; but not all of the energy will stay around.

There again, my curiosity was lurking on the effects on our nation's three grids relative to their positions during the event.
 
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