Observation of a solar flare towards Earth
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Satellites dedicated to observing the sun recorded an explosion in the turbulent sunspot “AR2882” yesterday, Saturday, at 09:40 am Saudi time, which led to a strong solar flare of M1.6 degree, and a coronal mass emission ejected a “cloud of ionized gas” towards Earth , shown by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory as a sharp ultraviolet flash.
The head of the Astronomical Society in Jeddah, Eng. Majed Abu Zahira, stated that the radiation emitted by the glow caused the ionization of the upper part of the Earth’s atmosphere, and this in turn caused an effect on the short waves of radio over the Indian Ocean, so the pilots, radio amateurs and ships at sea may have noticed the effects of the spread of Strange at frequencies below 25MHz.
He added, "The new images from the Soho Space Observatory confirm that the explosion ejected the CME almost directly towards Earth," in this case it is called the "CME corona" because it appears to completely surround the sun.
It is noteworthy that the storm cloud is expected to reach Earth sometime between October 11-12, which may lead to G1 to G2 geomagnetic storms causing a beautiful display of the aurora light, and other effects are not expected.
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