Solar Flares on the Rise
February 18th 2011 09:42
Category: Stars
Solar-Flare-and-Prominence with Earth reference
The Sun has moved from it’s current passive phase into a more active state and is expected to release some very powerful solar flares in the coming days.
The flares have the potential to disrupt communication power grids and communication satellites.
There have been reports of heavy solar particles reaching the North Pole and this has the potential to produce some very interesting light shows for those fortunate folk who are living in the polar region of the north.
The biggest solar flare in four years has blasted out from the sun, and is expected to reach Earth late this evening.
The increased radiation will represent a small health risk for astronauts on the International Space Station and even for high altitude aircraft passengers and crew.
If we are lucky we may see the Northern and Southern lights which could be visible much further from the poles regions than usual.
There may be a some minor power fluctuations and GPS equipment may be affected temporally depending on your location.
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Comment by CarlCan
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Climate change is a myth, there is no viable evidence to support it.
I would like to see them try and tax the output from the sun, I don’t think they would get very far.