Anonymous ID: 25cdc8 Oct. 9, 2021, 4:24 p.m. No.14754860   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4868

EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARE AND CME: Restless sunspot AR2882 erupted this morning, Oct. 9th (0640 UT), producing a strong M1.6-class solar flare and an Earth-directed CME. NASA's Solar Dynamics captured the extreme ultraviolet flash:

 

Radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere. This, in turn, caused a shortwave radio blackout over the Indian Ocean: blackout map. Aviators, ham radio operators, and ships at sea may have noticed strange propagation effects at frequencies below 25 MHz.

 

New images from SOHO confirm that the explosion hurled a CME almost directly toward Earth. This is called a "halo CME" because it appears to completely surround the sun:

 

The storm cloud will probably reach Earth late on Oct. 11th or Oct. 12th, potentially sparking G1 to G2-class geomagnetic storms. A better estimate of the CME's arrival time may emerge from NOAA computer modeling, underway now.

 

>This, in turn, caused a shortwave radio blackout over the Indian Ocean: blackout map. Aviators, ham radio operators, and ships at sea may have noticed strange propagation effects at frequencies below 25 MHz