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SteamWake
12-08-10, 01:01 PM
A large... very large solar magnetic flare went off on Monday. Fortunatly for us is missed the earth.

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2010/06dec10/epicblast2.gif?PHPSESSID=rkg9hfdc0teggt9divt08r1n8 0

Now thats climate chage ! :03:
onelifecrisis
12-08-10, 01:09 PM
I'm no astronomer, but it looks to me like it missed the Earth by a really really long way.

Still, cool pic :yeah:
SteamWake
12-08-10, 01:10 PM
Keep in mind that earth is about the size of the 'little' hole that the filiment came out of :o

If it had been aimed in the right direction it would have engulfed our little blue marble.
Radtgaeb
12-08-10, 01:11 PM
And I still wake up to -15 degree weather. :haha:
onelifecrisis
12-08-10, 01:13 PM
Keep in mind that earth is about the size of the 'little' hole that the filiment came out of :o

If it had been aimed in the right direction it would have engulfed our little blue marble.

Umm, no it wouldn't.

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Oberon
12-08-10, 01:35 PM
The ejection would have hit us eventually, if it had been directed towards us, and that would have been....interesting. No frying of course, but a good percentage of the worlds electronics would have gone zzt.
IIRC there was a conference in London on dealing with the effects of a large CME hit on the Earths magnetosphere not so long ago.
onelifecrisis
12-08-10, 01:46 PM
Huh. Learn something new every day.
Garion
12-08-10, 02:20 PM
That will be SG1 going back to attend Woodstock in 1969 :D

I'll get my coat.

Cheers

garion
AVGWarhawk
12-08-10, 02:27 PM
From what I understand solar flairs can be a big concern. I'm amazed at how much fuel that ball of hot light has. Question is when will it fizzle out?
papa_smurf
12-08-10, 02:34 PM
If a solar flare did hit, not only will satellites be affected, but also power grids can be overwhelmed causing blackouts.
frau kaleun
12-08-10, 02:37 PM
From what I understand solar flairs can be a big concern.

http://www.izmiran.ru/projects/space/INTERHELIOPROBE/ihp1.gif
http://blog.2012pro.com/wp-content/uploads/solarburst-8-2010.jpg
http://www.litfuse.us/_Media/solar-flares.jpeg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f153/Curmudgette/officespace_chotchkies1.jpg
Oberon
12-08-10, 02:46 PM
That will be SG1 going back to attend Woodstock in 1969 :D

I'll get my coat.

Cheers

garion

"You know, the war..."
"The war with Canada?"


Anyway, here's a spot of reading OLC, this was in 1859, imagine what it would be like if it happened today? :doh:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1859_solar_superstorm

Also, a smaller hit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1989_geomagnetic_storm

Thankfully the big ones are fairly rare, once every 500 odd years or so, but even a small hit could fry a city grid effectively, and we're heading for a peak of the current solar cycle which is next year and 2012 IIRC, and with our globe now very reliant on electricity, it's no wonder that people are starting to take this a bit more seriously now. :up:
Radtgaeb
12-08-10, 02:48 PM
http://www.izmiran.ru/projects/space/INTERHELIOPROBE/ihp1.gif
http://blog.2012pro.com/wp-content/uploads/solarburst-8-2010.jpg
http://www.litfuse.us/_Media/solar-flares.jpeg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f153/Curmudgette/officespace_chotchkies1.jpg

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:
frau kaleun
12-08-10, 02:51 PM
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Wasn't sure anyone else would get that - glad you enjoyed it! :D
Radtgaeb
12-08-10, 02:56 PM
Wasn't sure anyone else would get that - glad you enjoyed it! :D


Yeah, Sol? We need to talk about your flares. Ya see Beetlejeuse over there? He has 37 major flairs per week....

Love it!
Krauter
12-08-10, 03:00 PM
:o

HAVEN'T YOU ALL SEEN THE MOVIE 2012!? IT'S HAPPENING!!

We're all going to die! Book your travel tickets to China now!

:rotfl2:
Solace
12-08-10, 03:01 PM
What would have happened if it hit us?
SteamWake
12-08-10, 03:04 PM
What would have happened if it hit us?

Most immediatly disruption of communication on a global scale. Its all down hill from there.
Krauter
12-08-10, 03:05 PM
What do you think?

Considering the size of the Earth compared to that of the Sun I would say there'd be a puff of smoke and this solar system would be a lot quieter.

However, the likelihood of that happening is close to 0. Considering the largest sunspots take around 4-6 days to reach us, that translates to a lot of distance.

It is not the actual sunspot that is damaging, but rather the radiation and the particles it releases.
onelifecrisis
12-08-10, 03:13 PM
Thanks for the links Oberon.
Growler
12-08-10, 03:14 PM
Clearly, the sun needs to work on its deflection shooting skills. I mean, really.


Missed it by that much.
Oberon
12-08-10, 04:19 PM
Clearly, the sun needs to work on its deflection shooting skills. I mean, really.


Missed it by that much.

:haha: It's no Hans Joachim Marseille, that's for certain.
Skybird
12-08-10, 06:34 PM
A large... very large solar magnetic flare went off on Monday. Fortunatly for us is missed the earth.

Don'T cry, there is still a second chance when in 2029 99942-Apophis maybe will impact on Earth during its second rendezvous with the blue planet, with a power of more than 500 megatons of TNT.

:D
Task Force
12-08-10, 06:39 PM
Hmm, a solar flair, yea, that would be bad if it hit us, modern society would break down quick, with the power grid down, most all eletronics fired, and people in panic thinging we were all gonna die.
onelifecrisis
12-08-10, 07:00 PM
You mean I wouldn't be able to play video games? :o

WHY ISN'T SOMETHING BEING DONE ABOUT THIS!?
Sailor Steve
12-08-10, 09:14 PM
:haha: It's no Hans Joachim Marseille, that's for certain.
And he was no Erich Hartmann. :O:
TLAM Strike
12-09-10, 12:21 AM
Hmm, a solar flair... Solar Flair? Well the Sun does try to be fashionable but I don't think that is what this thread is about.... :O:

You mean I wouldn't be able to play video games? :o

WHY ISN'T SOMETHING BEING DONE ABOUT THIS!?

Well I did try to destroy the sun but it proved more resilient than I anticipated. :shifty:
Gargamel
12-09-10, 01:54 AM
Well I did try to destroy the sun but it proved more resilient than I anticipated. :shifty:

Well if you hadn't lost the rare Isotope that you were gonna launch into the sun.....

(Hey, If we're going with obscure SG1 references......)
TLAM Strike
12-09-10, 02:11 AM
Well if you hadn't lost the rare Isotope that you were gonna launch into the sun.....

(Hey, If we're going with obscure SG1 references......)

no, that isotope is to keep the sun from blowing up. ;)
Oberon
12-09-10, 04:42 AM
And he was no Erich Hartmann. :O:

True, but Hartmann was a stalk and ambush pilot whereas Marseille was good at the deflection shot, unlike the sun. :03:


Anyway, Gargemel, I was going to help with that Red Sun but with the whole protected planets thing...oh, and don't mention "little grey butts" ;)