Giant Solar Flare from Sunspot 1302 Causes Geomagnetic Storm
Alex Ansary UNN Newsroom September 27, 2011 Today NASA today said a strong-to-severe geomagnetic storm is in progress following a massive X 1.9 solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME). The sunspot is 60000 miles in diameter, many times bigger than the earth. The flare erupted from sunspot region 1302 on Saturday September 24 and triggering spectacular auroras and electromagnetic storms across the North America. On the 26th, NASA detected a strong compression of Earth's magnetic field. Satellites above could now be directly exposed to solar wind plasma. Sky watchers in many states in the northern hemisphere are going to witness diverse auroras after nightfall. Travis Novitsky took this picture of the night sky from his home in Northeastern Minnesota...he made note of vertical columns extending high into the sky with lots of green and red color. "Almost as soon as it was dark we were seeing vertical columns of light extending high into the sky, with the ever-present green color, but also lots of red color!" Since the X1.9-flare, there have been 2 M class solar flares, also from sunspot region 1302. AR1302 is not slowing down as is being called the sunspot that just wont quite. As the week wears on it will turn to face Earth more directly. NOAA forecasters estimate a 40 percent chance of more X-flares during the next 24 hours. Any such eruptions would be Earth-directed as the sunspot crosses the center of the solar disk. NASA says a heavy blow could potentially blow the <b>...</b>
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