Seeing as we're having a powerful solar storm this weekend, I thought I'd share some of my photos from last year's X-Class flare. First time I'd ever seen the lights as more than a dim green glow.
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A grayscale image shows Active Region 3664, a massive sunspot group on the Sun, captured on May 10, 2024, from Rome, Italy. The image highlights the sunspot's size and complexity with detailed close-ups. AR3664 is responsible for recent coronal mass ejections (CMEs) impacting Earth, potentially causing auroras and technological disruptions.

Astronomy Picture from 11/05/2024

AR 3664: Giant Sunspot Group

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240511.html


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Verwachte aankomsttijd: 4 juni.

#AR3664 produceerde op 31 mei en 1 juni drie X-flares.

De impact zou sterke geomagnetische stormen van de G3 -klasse kunnen veroorzaken.

Gezellig....

Carrington-klasse zonnevlek #AR3664 staat nu recht tegenover de Rode Planeet.

NASA's Marsrover Perseverance zag het gisteren door de stoffige lucht van de Jezero-krater.

#AR3664 is one big sunspot group and active region.

Pictured, a large multi-pronged solar prominence was captured extending from chaotic sunspot region AR 3664 out into space, just one example of the particle clouds ejected from this violent solar region.

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24051...