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Title: The Sun Just Erupted: Blackouts Reported After Huge Solar Flare
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URL Source: http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-ne ... fter-huge-solar-flare_09072017
Published: Sep 7, 2017
Author: Mac Slavo
Post Date: 2017-09-08 07:13:15 by BTP Holdings
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Views: 250
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The Sun Just Erupted: Blackouts Reported After Huge Solar Flare Mac Slavo September 7th, 2017 SHTFplan.com Comments (29) The sun just released a massive solar flare. In fact, this is the largest solar flare emitted in the past decade, and the earth has already been affected by blackouts. NASA has reported a huge solar flare was emitted by the Sun and it is the most powerful one since 2006. This solar flare has already caused some radio blackouts on Earth and it may cause aurora visible as far south as London. On the morning of September 6, scientists watched as two X-flares were unleashed by the sun. The stronger flare was the second of the two emitted by the Sun yesterday morning and it was seen by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). At 5:10 AM EDT, the Sun unleashed an X2.2 flare, with X-class denoting the most intense flares. Then, at 8:02 AM EDT, a much bigger flare measuring X9.3 was unleashed. By comparison, the last time we saw a flare this big was in 2006, which measured at X9.0. The number shows the intensity, with X2 being twice as intense as X1, X3 three times as intense, and so on. The loops of plasma emitted during these two flares were ten times the size of planet Earth. Scientists got to watch the massive coronal mass ejection from these flares, which can be seen below in the gif provided. Poster Comment: Lights out.
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