Can you say gigaton?
Sep. 26th, 2001 06:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpThe following image was taken by the extreme ultraviolet imaging telescope today, at 19:19 UT (about 1:19 pm MDT). In this photo, the bright areas are at between 60,000 and 80,000 degrees Kelvin. More information can be found on the SOHO page. (SOHO stands for "Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.").
(There's nothing ominous about this photo; I just happen to like it. Two other images on the Soho page show what solar activity is taking place in temperature ranges in the millions of degrees.)
Yesterday, at about 10:00 UT, a major explosion occurred on the Sun, throwing about a billion tons of stuff out toward our planet at over a million miles per hour. Low-latitude aurorae and communication and power disruptions are likely.
Best time to look for the aurora borealis will be after midnight, apparently.
Cheers...
(There's nothing ominous about this photo; I just happen to like it. Two other images on the Soho page show what solar activity is taking place in temperature ranges in the millions of degrees.)
Yesterday, at about 10:00 UT, a major explosion occurred on the Sun, throwing about a billion tons of stuff out toward our planet at over a million miles per hour. Low-latitude aurorae and communication and power disruptions are likely.
Best time to look for the aurora borealis will be after midnight, apparently.
Cheers...
