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OMG! A coronal mass ejection !! Fear it......

Posted by MojaveMeg (aka Mojave) Jul 13 '12, 07:33

X-FLARE! Big sunspot AR1520 unleashed an X1.4-class solar flare on July 12th. Because the sunspot is directly facing Earth, everything about the blast was geoeffective. For one thing, it hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) directly toward our planet. According to a forecast track prepared by analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab, the CME will hit Earth on July 14th around 10:20 UT (+/- 7 hours) and could spark strong geomagnetic storms. Sky watchers should be alert for auroras this weekend. Geomagnetic storm alerts:

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no more spicy food for a while... -- nm - The Sun Jul 13, 07:50
The Aurora forcast is a 5 (pretty decent) for the 14th -- (link) - Bacon Jul 13, 07:48
That will be nothing when that West Coast Earthquake hits this week -- nm - Bacon Jul 13, 07:47 1
- Eh, that's going to be up around Ft.Bragg/Eureka. Nobody live up there :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jul 13, 07:49

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