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Title: MASSIVE SUNSPOTS AND SOLAR FLARES: THE SUN HAS GONE WRONG AND SCIENTISTS DON’T KNOW WHY
Source:
newsweek
URL Source: http://www.newsweek.com/solar-minim ... are-baffling-scientists-661695
Published: Sep 8, 2017
Author: ALEXA HALFORD, BRETT CARTER AND JULIE CU
Post Date: 2017-09-11 14:48:09 by farmfriend
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Views: 192
Comments: 5
f you still have your solar viewing glasses from the eclipse, now is a good time to slap them on and look up at the sun. You’ll see two big dark areas visible on our star. These massive sunspots are regions of intense and complicated magnetic fields that can produce solar flares—bursts of high-energy radiation. You can just make them out with solar viewing glasses, but they’re better viewed through a solar telescope. These two huge sunspots are currently causing quite a bit of consternation and interest. The solar storms they’ve sent toward Earth may affect communications and other technologies like GPS and radio signals. They’re causing amazing displays of the northern and southern lights. And space weather scientists like us are excited because we wouldn’t normally expect this much activity from the sun at the moment.
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#1. To: farmfriend (#0)
I could point you to some clues, but why waste the keystrokes.
I dunno, but the dopes like me wouldn't mind the insight. As long as it's not "It's Trump's fault." That one's wearing a bit thin. Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. Nibiru?
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡ "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." -- Thomas Jefferson
All that energy is absorbed by the earth. It can cause earthquakes and volcanoes if the solar storm is big enough.
The Truth of 911 Shall Set You Free From The Lie
#2. To: Obnoxicated (#1)
but why waste the keystrokes
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#3. To: Obnoxicated (#1)
"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination 
#4. To: farmfriend (#0)
#5. To: Obnoxicated, farmfriend (#1)
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