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

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 28, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-duper-massive-new-solar-flare-watch-for-the-aurora-part-deux/210072 "2003-10-28T18:20:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-duper-massive-new-solar-flare-watch-for-the-aurora-part-deux/210072/1 "2003-10-28T18:20:17Z")

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[http://spaceweather.com/](http://spaceweather.com/)

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> 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?

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-duper-massive-new-solar-flare-watch-for-the-aurora-part-deux/210072/2 "2003-10-28T18:35:51Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-duper-massive-new-solar-flare-watch-for-the-aurora-part-deux/210072/3 "2003-10-28T22:15:30Z")

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For those interested:

Live Aurora Cam!

[http://www.space.com/spacewatch/aurora\_cam.html](http://www.space.com/spacewatch/aurora_cam.html)