X2.1 Class Flare Earth Directed / Solar Watch Sep 7, 2011

X-FLARE: Earth-orbiting satellites have detected an X2-class solar flare from sunspot 1283. The explosion, which occured at 2220 UT on Sept. 6th, appears to have hurled a CME toward Earth. This is the second time today that sunspot 1283 has propelled a plasma cloud in our general direction.
Information extracted from spaceweather.com

The flares produced waves of ionization in Earth's upper atmosphere, briefly altering the propagation of low-frequency radio signals around our planet. Moreover, the two eruptions hurled clouds of plasma (CMEs) in our general direction. A preliminary analysis of SOHO and STEREO imagery suggests that the CMEs could sail substantially north of Earth, delivering a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field as they pass. ETA: Sept. 8-10

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[SolarWatcher]

just had another X-Flare ( X1.8)

[cvvvv111]

@SolarWatcher earth directed?

[SolarWatcher]

@cvvvv111 partially yes

[ufounknown11]

it is earth directed , 10 march was also a x-class solar flare 1.5 earth directed and 11 march earthquake 9.0 strikes japan so this solar flare is stronger ?

[SolarWatcher]

@ufounknown11 this flare was stronger but not as impulsive

[harmoniedot]

Do these solar flares affect the other planets in our solar system?

[SolarWatcher]

@harmoniedot yes indeed

[SolarWatcher]

@clevervc anything coming from the sun is sent for a reason, upgrading us, clearing us, nothing to fear, the earth will take what she needs and so will we

[jowdan101]

6.7 Vancouver quake...

[Ivn1999]

Sunshine soundtrack...

[NMWMN]

... 30+ Sunblock is not enough

[oswaldordp]

This is probably what caused the black-out in Southern California on the 8th!!

[Briansourdoublehelix]

I have been keenly aware of these coronal mass ejections the last several years just by the sensitivity of them on our bodies, its obvious and I live at 4000 feet above sea level. The wonderful thing is that they have not burnt my skin nor have had any harmful effects, although sunglasses are advisable. If we use it as an analogy of the nucleus of our atoms becoming more vibrant, or we are identifying more with ourselves as energy we will follow suit. Pretty cool to bear witness to.

[et7waage1]

Most interesting!

[15yianni]

@krijst I never said ELEnin was in between the sun and Earth, that wont happen until the 26th Sept (unless the sun's energy influences ELEnin's speed). But as far as I'm aware, ELEnin will be closest to the sun this Sunday Sept 11th. Question is, will ELEnin geting up close and personal with the sun influence our star's behaviour???

[aznbiboi]

will it give us X-MEN powers cause I wanna be like Jean Grey?

[JjjeeesssBbb]

If we all think about it, since 1859 we have had 13 other solar max periods and we didnt get affected (just a small blackout in the 50's). So we might not get hit during this cycle either but it is bound to happen eventually.

[azmanabdula]

@SolarWatcher what do you mean by that......

the sun had a reason.....??? : )

or there is a reason for it?

it just sounded strange.....

very interesting video.......keep up the good work....