First X-Class Solar FLare of 2012.

Departing sunspot 1402 unleashed an X1.7-class solar flare on Jan. 27th at 18:37 UT. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the extreme ultraviolet flash:

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[lyricsacals]

does anybody know if it's affected Earth yet?

[Skyywatcher88]

@lyricsacals Yes..it affected Earth only moments after the flare with brief radio blackouts, S2-radiation storm....caused by a proton event. Note protons are more powerful than electrons...that is the snow you see in the SOHO images after the blast...the protons are hiting the instruments lens at an accelerated rate.

[lyricsacals]

@Skyywatcher88 wow thank you :)

[Skyywatcher88]

@lyricsacals You're welcome, glad you liked...Peace!

[TeachMetheUnknown]

Earth directed???

[Skyywatcher88]

@TeachMetheUnknown No really...but Earth was affected.

[diegonikki]

@lyricsacals yes its true its so sad imma quit fishing and go back to pyrotechnics

[lyricsacals]

@diegonikki woah are you serious?!?! omg!

[diegonikki]

@lyricsacals fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck i went fishing it was 0 celsius in the middle east and snowing wtf !!!!!!!! last month now it hit a few days ago it was bad temperature dropped to 8 celsius and there were no fish :( they said solar flare killed 1000000 fishes in the area this isnt a joke a whole pack of tuna died and there were millions of fish dead in the shore the next day :( :( fuuuuuuuck

[HybridSquidGirl]

You're welcome :D

[cbemerine]

something a comet/asteroid/whatever-it-was hit the sun from 180 degrees from the CME moments before the CME, here is video of it posted by @sunsflare watch?v=in28Iw58Xfs

We have seen this a few times in the past, why won't the scientific community even add this as a potential cause of CMEs? What are they afraid of?

[izlude2]

my pal and a few others across my social network all threw up within the past few hours. wonder if solar flares can cause you physical discomfort? bwahaha... aw well, it's over now right?

[quantumtheo]

Dude, thank you so much for the shots of where the stereo sats are! I know there's a website that shows it, i just never go....

Thanks again, keep up the great work!

[008808800]

@Skyywatcher88 Man, I used to like watching your vids, but with the dis-info now, ptttf, I'm going to un-subscribe! lol, a solar flare that reaches earth (non earth directed) in less then a day? Now you're over the top! Dead wrong!

If you can't get subs the legit way, don't start making chit up!

[008808800]

@Skyywatcher88 How so, when it hasn't even reached here yet?

[008808800]

@Skyywatcher88 This wasn't earth directed, beside, it takes days to reach earth. You say moments? Show me anywhere where this can travel that fast, it's impossible! All might have been from the storm of the C9 prior to this event, which was to reach earth Wed/Thur