Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Huge X-Class Solar Flare Erupts Toward Earth

Major solar flare erupts from the sun

11:24 PM, Mar 6, 2012   |
 ATLANTA (WXIA) -- NASA scientists said Earth-orbiting satellites detected an X5-class solar flare from the sun Tuesday evening Atlanta-time.
 
MORE & PHOTOS: http://www.11alive.com/news/article/231619/40/Major-solar-flare-erupts-from-the-sun

Sun unleashes huge solar flare; possible Earth-bound solar storm

Between 7 and 8 p.m.Tuesday night, the sun spit out a large, X5-class solar flare. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center called it “one of the largest solar flares of the current solar cycle.”
X class flares are the strongest category of solar flares. According to NASA, they can trigger planet-wide radio blackouts and long-lasting radiation storms.

MORE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/sun-unleashes-huge-solar-flare-earth-directed-coronal-mass-ejection-likely/2012/03/06/gIQANXAzvR_blog.html

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