The CME, pictured left, was hurled into space on Sept. 13th by an X1-class explosion at sunspot 798. This remarkable 'spot has produced nine X-flares since Sept. 7th including a record-setting X17-monster. All by itself, sunspot 798 has made Sept. 2005 the most active month on the sun since March 1991.
For more information, go to spaceweather.com .
No, The BLOG will not blame the coronal mass ejection on President Bush.
3 comments:
So, is this solar flare stuff supposed to end soon? It's been wreaking havoc with my XM radio connection for several weeks now. (Stop it, Sun! I'm sick of your crap.)
tlm: I don't know about the solar flares. I guess they'll find out when they send the probe to the sun in October. It will land at night.
dr. fil: my question was a feeble attempt at straight-faced satire. The voices in my head tell me that I'm mentally very stable.
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