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| SpaceWeather |
One more X-class flare sparked off since my posting yesterday, bringing the tally to 13 so far for this Solar-active month of May:
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| Laboratory of X-ray Astronomy of the Sun |
We haven't stopped storming since Friday 10 May:
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| Laboratory of X-ray Astronomy of the Sun |
And look at that amazing clip of those particles being funnelled to Earth (top of post)! This is what SpaceWeather says:
The snowy speckles in this SOHO coronagraph movie are caused by energetic particles hitting the spacecraft's camera. The particles are being accelerated toward the spacecraft (and toward Earth) by shock waves in the emerging CME. They are a sign that it is a potent storm cloud with an Earth-directed component.
That's why I specifically used the word "funnelled". Yep, Earth Mum is the focus of some serious energies right now 😇 I know SpaceWeather calls them "energetic particles" but to me they are COSMIC PLASMA. Lots and lots and lots of it.
If we thought the 900 km/s radial velocity was high for 11 May, we are now seeing that the expected reading for 13 May is 1200 km/s!
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| SpaceWeatherLive |
Aurora Borealis displays are covering huge swathes of our beautiful Planet:
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| Space Weather Gallery |
You can view dozens of these spectacular displays here.
Hope everyone is faring OK. I know it sounds like a paradox but even while some of us are being floored by these immense energies, it's still such a good time to hand-hold each other (energetically) as well as to do our Lightwork.
From what I can gather, this isn't over yet! 😅
Namarie! 💜
