Stormy weather ahead.

Posted by Les on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 at 09:23 AM. Read 545 times. Tags:
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Looks like the Earth is about to take another whompin’ from the Sun possibly starting around mid-day today. Worst-case estimates are that this geomagnetic storm might be one of the most powerful ones ever recorded and could last up to 24 hours, but should provide a colorful light show at night.

Found over on Scott’s blog.

Update: Pic gratuitously stolen from Michele’s site who suggests that we all should engage in a little low-level panic just for the fun of it.

Goodness knows I’ve not panicked in awhile so I’m probably due for a little good old fashioned “chicken little” antics right about now.

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Buzz United States Posted on 10/29/2003 at 09:32 AM

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I’ve got my tinfoil shaped and ready.  I say “Bring it, sun!!“

did United States Posted on 10/30/2003 at 08:04 AM

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Cool sites:


This is the satellite, orbiting one of the Lagrange points between the Earth and Sun, that took the green pic. They have a cool screensaver - near-real-time pics of the sun.


Emails updates of cool sky stuff.


AniGIF of Tuesday’s monster flare (Coronal Mass Ejection, if’n you want to sound smart), pilfered from the SOHO site - I didn’t want to lose that one! The graininess comes from the radiation (protons going roughly 10% of the speed of light) hitting the detectors.

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did United States Posted on 10/30/2003 at 08:06 AM

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Hey, how come my linkies didn’t show up? I’m crushed, here.

Cut n’ paste:
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
http://spaceweather.com
http://homepage.mac.com/diddidit/DIDstuff/X17_C3.gif

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