Super duper massive new solar flare! Watch for the Aurora Part Deux!

[bernse]

http://spaceweather.com/

EXTREME SOLAR ACTIVITY: One of the most powerful solar flares in years, a remarkable X17-category explosion, erupted from giant sunspot 486 this morning at approximately 1110 UT and, as a result, a strong solar radiation storm is in progress. (Click here to learn about the effects of such storms.) The explosion hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) directly toward Earth. When it left the sun, the cloud was traveling 2125 km/s (more than 4 million mph). This CME could trigger bright auroras when it sweeps past our planet perhaps as early as tonight.

Might be something to see! Even those in the mid/low latitudes may get lucky by the sounds of it! Wonder if any damage is going to come of this monster?

[lieu]

Didn’t the one last Friday (?) just give the Earth a glancing blow? It says this one’s headed right at us.

Here Comes The Sun.

[bernse]

For those interested:

Live Aurora Cam!

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/aurora_cam.html