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[IRCA] Large Earth-Directed Solar Flare
- Subject: [IRCA] Large Earth-Directed Solar Flare
- From: Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:02:03 -0800 (PST)
"A long-lasting solar flare erupted from the sun early Saturday (Feb. 9), triggering an intense sun eruption aimed squarely at Earth. The solar storm, however, should not endanger satellites or astronauts in space, but could amplify auroras on Earth, NASA says. The solar eruption —called a coronal mass ejection —occurred at 2:30 a.m. EST (0730 GMT) on Saturday during a minor, but long-duration, flare. It hurled a wave of charged particles at Earth at speeds of about 1.8 million miles per hour (nearly 2.9 million km/h).
The sun eruption was captured in photos by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint mission by NASA and the European Space Agency."
Russ Edmunds
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