09 October 2024

And There's More!

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An X1.8-flare! I'm feeling like a Solar correspondent this month 😅 on a civilian-status amateur-level, of course.


Compared to that massive X9.1 we had on 3 October, this one isn't all that intense. However, what "amplifies" this is that the flare sustained an explosion that lasted more than 4 hours, ensuring a CME of behemoth proportions (I'm running out of words to describe "massive"), pictured below:

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Thanks again to SpaceWeather for details.


 
Here's the Solar Wind prediction....
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....with our Planet directly in the path ~ and Mars, too.
 
Namarie! 💚


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