This morning around 0855 UT, Earth orbiting satellites detected a C3-class solar flare. The origin of the blast was sunspot 1092. At about the same time, an enormous magnetic filament stretching across the sun’s northern hemisphere erupted…<\/div>\n

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In short, we have just witnessed a complex global eruption involving almost the entire Earth-facing side of the sun.<\/div>\n

A coronal mass ejection (CME) produced by the event is heading directly for Earth. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras when it arrives on or about August 3rd.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t report all of these, because typically they amount to nothing of consequence. But there’s always the possibility of a CME causing us direct harm, and many believe that they can trigger earthquakes. This from Space Weather:<\/p>\n

In short, we have just witnessed a complex global eruption involving almost the entire Earth-facing side of the sun.
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