Sungrazer's final approach to the Sun
SOHO's LASCO C3 coronagraph treated us with another movie of comet's death plunge into the Sun. Like other comets that were recorded during August, today's sungrazer belongs to Kreutz Sungrazer family. Those
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Klyuchevskoy eruption continues – column of ash up to 5.3 km, Russia
Kamchatkan Kliuchevskoi (Klyuchevckoy) volcano continued its erupting phase and sent out column of ash to a height of up to 5.3 km on Thursday, October 10, 2013, according to official observatory – KVERT. Volcanic color code is set to orange. The cloud of ash moved…
Moderate M2.8 solar flare erupted from southeastern limb
New active region, AR1865, located on the southeastern limb of the Sun erupted on October 9, 2013 peaking at 01:48 UTC as moderate M2.8 solar flare. Strong Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was generated but it was not Earth directed. This region
Interplanetary shock wave hit Earth's magnetic field – geomagnetic storm in progress
An interplanetary shock wave from yesterday's CME hit Earth's geomagnetic field at 20:23 UTC today. At the time, Boulder station measured magnetic field Bz component deviation of 62 nT. A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm is currently underway. High
Large prominence eruption off the northeast limb
A large prominence located off the northeast limb erupted early on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. A non-Earth directed Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was associated with the event.There are currently 6 numbered sunspot regions on the disk.1855 – Beta1856 – Beta1857 – Alpha1860
Long duration C1 solar flare erupted with Earth directed CME
A long duration C1 solar flare erupted on October 6, 2013 at 14:24 UTC. Coronal Mass Ejection associated with this event is Earth directed. Plasma cloud is forecast to sweep past our planet sometime on October 9 resulting in minor increase in geomagnetic
Volcanic unrest at White Island volcano continues, New Zealand
GeoNet reported today that volcanic unrest continues at White Island volcano (Whakāri), New Zealand. Volcanic tremor levels have remained slightly elevated since the eruption on August 20, 2013. A further small energetic steam venting event occurred on
Aerial view of Veniaminof shows gray-brown ash column rising from the active vent, Alaska
Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) reported that eruption of Veniaminof resumed on October 6, 2013. An aerial view of the volcano today, October 7, showed a gray-brown ash column rising from the active vent. White water vapor clouds seen on the image below are…
Typhoon Danas rapidly intensified – heading toward South Korea and Japan
Typhoon Danas is currently categorized as Category IV storm and is packing wind speeds of over 232 km/h (144 mph). It entered Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday, October 6, and was named "Ramil". Forecasters said it was too far to affect
More than half a million evacuated as Typhoon Fitow slams southeastern China
Typhoon Fitow slammed into the southeastern China early Monday (local time) after more than 500 000 people were evacuated. Weather authorities issued their highest alert level. Fitow's powerful winds and heavy rains cut power, canceled flights and
