NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Active October Sun Emits X-class Flare
Brighter than a shimmering ghost, faster than the flick of a black cat’s tail, the Sun cast a spell in our direction, just in time for Halloween. This imagery captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory covers a busy few days of activity between Oct. 25-28 that ended with a significant solar...
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So, earlier in the week was a busy time for stellar activity, culminating in an X-class solar flare on the 28th - which has already caused some fun radio blackouts, but the real fun is due to land at the weekend: according to the NOAA, both the 30th and the 31st are on a G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm watch.
Over in the UK it's not going to make much difference due to typical british weather, but apparently this could mean auroras visible as low as 50 degrees latitude, so who's up for some spooky lighting?
Oh, and spooky power cuts.
