09 December 2024

"Impulsive" X2.2

The Sun Today

It was a quiet two weeks on the Solar-front, but around 5 December 2024 we started to see some small sizzles registering on the chart, growing more active until the X2.2 on 8 December 2024.

SpaceWeather called the burst "impulsive" (read here).

The ensuing CME isn't Earth-facing:

SpaceWeatherLive

  ....but it does look like Mercury and Mars are both in the line of Cosmic Fire:

SpaceWeatherLive

 

As for the SR.... 😅

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Namarie! 💚


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