Spectacular Explosion Solar Flare Alerts - Space Weather News for April 16, 2012

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Spectacular Explosion: On April 16th around 17:45 UT, magnetic fields curling over the sun's northeastern limb rose up and erupted, producing one of the most visually-spectacular explosions in years. 

 

The event, which also produced an M1.7-class solar flare and a coronal mass ejection, was not Earth-directed. Nevertheless, it confirms suspicions that a significant active region is rotating onto the  Earth-side of the sun. 

 

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Major Solar Activity

 

Space Weather News for March 7, 2012 http://spaceweather.com

Solar Activity: Big sunspot AR1429 has unleashed another major flare--an X5-class eruption on March 7th at 00:28 UT.  

 

As a result of the blast, a radiation storm is underway and a CME will likely hit Earth's magnetic field in a day or so. Geomagnetic storms are already in progress at high latitudes due to earlier eruptions from the active sunspot. 

 

Last night, auroras were spotted over several northern-tier US states including Michigan and Wisconsin.  Check http://spaceweather.com for updates and images.

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