Big solar storm on January 23, 2012 seen by NASA's SOHO

On January 23, 2012 at about 04:00 UTC, the Sun unleashed a powerful flare and coronal mass ejection - huge explosions that drive hundreds of millions of tons of subatomic particles at fantastic speeds. The first wave of particles reached Earth in minutes, slamming into the instruments on board NASA's SOHO Sun-observing satellite.

Most CMEs are aimed off to the side, but the expanding halo of light is a sure sign it was headed right for us... and the proof is the big blast of particle hits to the detector.

We are in no real danger from this event, but it will most likely spark aurorae all over the northern and southern latitudes of Earth.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Sun
• SOHO
• NASA
• solar flare
• coronal mass ejection
• space

[Polybun]

@jtpratt70 some of the particles are bounced around inside the craft, so that will cause lines, some of the lines are caused because when the particle impacts it energizes more than one pixel.

[KinDzaDza123123]

@Polybun

Are you saying that.... fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!

[Polybun]

@KinDzaDza123123 of course you are going to die... do you think we are going to live forever?

[KinDzaDza123123]

Are we going to die or what? Didn't get it.

[lostsoul69ful]

jan 23rd :)

[Jeedawg]

@mecher3k Never have i mentioned HAARP Earthquakes... As mentioned earlier, this turned into a haarp discussion from another user that assumed things. Nice of you to throw me into the retarded nutter bin though, thx. Youve got everything figured out i see XD Look just focus your hate on someone else.. Like i also said before, if you want to debate this go ahead, but all youve done now is just troll.

[Jeedawg]

@mecher3k Thank you for confirming that you are an asshole.

[mecher3k]

@Jeedawg

"its not like im talking about Serpent Beings from another dimension LOL "

Might as well when you retarded nutters think HAARP can cause earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.

You also didn't have to mention it, I know your stupid type too well.

[Jeedawg]

@gogerychwyrndrobwll This conversation turned into a HAARP discussion from another user. My original comment was directed at some other person who was making it seem as if us regular folks were the ones responsible for the earths problems etc. I pointed out that with untold experiments going with weather manipulation and the likes, us regular joes arent the ones causing all the problems. But i do believe there are real dangers associated with this tech though...

[gogerychwyrndrobwll]

@Jeedawg Don't look at me, it's not my fault how wrong you are. Take my suggestion in good spirits, however: learn about ELF antennas and how they cannot do harm to the ionosphere, cause earthquakes and etc. This can only be done on your part and I obviously can't help you in a youtube comment.