quote:Scientists warn for solar 'Katrina'
The sun is waking up from a long quiet spell. Last week it sent out the strongest flare for four years – and scientists are warning that earth should prepare for an intense electromagnetic storm that, in the worst case, could be a “global Katrina” costing the world economy $2,000bn.
Senior officials responsible for policy on solar storms – also known as space weather – in the US, UK and Sweden urged more preparedness at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington.
“We have to take the issue of space weather seriously,” said Sir John Beddington, UK chief scientist. “The sun is coming out of a quiet period, and our vulnerability has increased since the last solar maximum [around 2000].”
“Predict and prepare should be the watchwords,” agreed Jane Lubchenco, head of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “So much more of our technology is vulnerable than it was 10 years ago.”
A solar storm starts with an eruption of super-hot gas travelling out from the sun at speeds of up to 5m miles an hour. Electrically charged particles hit earth’s atmosphere 20 to 30 hours later, causing electromagnetic havoc.
quote:APPROACHING ACTIVE REGION: A significant active region is about to emerge over the sun's northeastern limb. The underlying sunspots are not yet visible from Earth, but the region's towering magnetic canopy is already in view. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) took this picture during the early hours of Feb. 23rd:
A better view is had by NASA's STEREO-B probe, stationed over the sun's eastern limb where it can see the region from top down. Recent movies beamed back by STEREO-B show flashes of extreme UV radiation and hints of magnetic instability. This could herald a period of renewed solar activity when the region turns toward Earth in the days ahead. Or the action could peter out beforehand. Stay tuned for updates.
Bron: Spaceweather.com
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quote:The quiet didn't last long. Earth-orbiting satellites detected an M3-class solar flare at 0735 UT on Feb. 24th. The source was an active region located just behind the sun's eastern limb. The eruption produced strong radio emissions, a coronal mass ejection (not Earth directed), and this spectacular picture taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory:
The active region responsible for this blast will emerge over the eastern limb during the next 24-48 hours, setting the stage for possible geoeffective solar activity. Stay tuned for updates.
Dat komt omdat de afgelopen rustige periode zo rustig was dat mensen de zon voor "dood" verklaarden, en nu word een heftige actieve periode verwacht.quote:Op maandag 28 februari 2011 19:36 schreef pinine het volgende:
't zijn gewoon natuurlijke processen die regelmatig voorkomen alleen nu lijkt de aandacht wel erg sterk gericht op elke nieuwe zonnevlam
Dus je zegt eigenlijk dat het meevalt, want vergeleken met de dood is de activiteit toch middelmatig.quote:Op maandag 28 februari 2011 19:54 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:
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Dat komt omdat de afgelopen rustige periode zo rustig was dat mensen de zon voor "dood" verklaarden, en nu word een heftige actieve periode verwacht.
Post ze maar .quote:Op dinsdag 8 maart 2011 13:38 schreef DutchErrorist het volgende:
Net een paar foto's gemaakt van de zon, je kan zelfs een zonnevlam zien
Nice .quote:Op dinsdag 8 maart 2011 14:18 schreef DutchErrorist het volgende:
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Verotte JPEG maar goed je snapt het idee wel, zal vanavond eens naar de .RAW bestanden kijken
Oh volgens mij is de foto trouwens geflipt en hoort de vlam linksonder te zitten maar goed. Een collega had nog een mooiere door een paar te stackenquote:
Bron: Spaceweatherquote:Another X-flare heading for earth?
X-FLARE: March 9th ended with a powerful solar flare. Earth-orbiting satellites detected an X1.5-class explosion from behemoth sunspot 1166 around 2323 UT. A movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a bright flash of UV radiation plus some material being hurled away from the blast site:
A first look at coronagraph images from NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft suggests that the explosion did propel a coronal mass ejection (CME) toward Earth. This conclusion is preliminary, however, so check back later for updates.
After four years without any X-flares, the sun has produced two of the powerful blasts in less than one month: Feb. 15th and March 9th. This continues the recent trend of increasing solar activity, and shows that Solar Cycle 24 is heating up. NOAA forecasters estimate a 5% chance of more X-flares during the next 24 hours
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