Posted by Davin Flateau on 7 Sep 2005 at 4:46 pm.
Filed under Astronomy.
Credit: NOAA/SEC.
Today a solar flare, photographed from Earth-orbit by the GOES Solar X-ray Imager, was photographed on the limb of the Sun. It was not Earth-directed. The image is false-colored: the dim green disk is the sun; the bright white spot is the flare. It was at least an X13-class flare.
Watch later in the week as the sunspot responsible for this flare rotates into view, with the potential of releasing another flare in Earth’s direction. For more details and updates, check out the Space Weather web site.
Bill on 25 Jun 2007 at 6:30 pm: 1
Last night at about 1 am I was driving my friend home and we both saw the entire sky flash green. Not in an isolated area, but the entire sky. There was no clouds out and as I said, about 1 am. Could this have been a solar flare? Other people said they saw it too.
Bill on 25 Jun 2007 at 6:31 pm: 2
Last night at about 1 am I was driving my friend home and we both saw the entire sky flash green. Not in an isolated area, but the entire sky. There was no clouds out and as I said, about 1 am. Could this have been a solar flare? Other people said they saw it too.
Bill on 25 Jun 2007 at 6:31 pm: 3
Last night at about 1 am I was driving my friend home and we both saw the entire sky flash green. Not in an isolated area, but the entire sky. There was no clouds out and as I said, about 1 am. Could this have been a solar flare? Other people said they saw it too.