Experts say solar maximum is due in the year 2013. When it arrives, the peak of 11-year sunspot cycle will bring more solar flares, more coronal mass ejections, more geomagnetic storms and more auroras than we have experienced in quite some time.The source of the
On July 14, 2013, the Sun unleashed a major X1.4 solar flare which was accompanied with a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection). InFocusImagery brings us this amazing time-lapse video.
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Scientist Alexander Kumar from European Space Agency (ESA) and his colleague Erick Bondoux photographed a stunning image showing Aurora Australis – the Southern Lights – glowing over Concordia station in the Antarctic, one of the remotest places on Earth. Image
Region 1520 is still very active and located on the western limb. Latest event from this Sunspot started on July 19, 2012 at 05:13 and peaked at 5:58 UTC at M7.7. It looks like strong CME was released but since 1520 is located on the western limb it was not be Earth
New timelapse video compiled by Maki Yanagimachi at Mt. John University Observatory in New Zealand shows multi-colored aurora australis on night of July 17,
A long-duration solar flare measuring M1.8 erupted from Active Region 1520 at 17:15 UTC on July 15, 2012. The event started at 12:50 UTC and ended at 18:30 UTC.
The geomagnetic storming started on July 14th through 16th and it is subsiding right now. Geomagnetic storm was triggered by a CME impact on July 14th around 18:00 UTC when strong X1.4 solar flare exploded from Sunspot AR 1520. Conditions at the peak showed Moderate
We are still experiencing effects of incoming CME generated from Sunspot 1520 which produced strong X1.4 Solar Flare on Thursday. A Moderate G2 Geomagnetic Storm (KP=6) is in progress right now due to an incoming CME shock. The geomagnetic field has been at active to
The CME cloud, generated by an X1.4 Solar Flare on Thursday around Sunspot 1520, hit Earth’s magnetic field on July 14th at approximately 18:11 UTC. 43 minutes earlier, at 17:28 UTC, measurements made by the ACE spacecraft indicated a shock arrival. Solar wind
A powerful solar flare was unleashed from a massive sunspot 1520, blocking high-frequency radio communication in the Northern Hemisphere and producing the potential for auroras. It’s the second major solar storm to impact Earth in less than a week.Giant sunspot
