10 May 2023

Solar Activity 🔆

Our beautiful Sun is going through a very busy phase ~ some highlights of recent (and on-going) activity....

The Magnetosphere today ~ Pressure (click link for live data):

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/geospace-magnetosphere-movies


It reached speeds of 600 km/second:

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/geospace-magnetosphere-movies


M6.5 flare on 9 May 2023 and radio blackout region:

Solar Observer

 

CME that swept through on 7 May 2023:

Solar Observer


Plasma dump coming up:

www.swpc.noaa.gov

Firing, fiery.....


....and flaring:

Tesis

Tesis

(And thank you for being accessible again, Tesis!)


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