Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Summer Solstice Solar Flare!

INCOMING: Magnetic fields above sunspot complex 1236 erupted during the early hours of June 21st, producing a C7-class solar flare and a full-halo CME. The expanding cloud appears to be heading almost directly toward Earth:


 
http://www.spaceweather.com/images2011/21jun11/cme_c2_anim.gif?PHPS...

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