Solar Flare Intensity Increasing 19-Aug-2009

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A remarkable increase in solar flares was registered today by NASA and the question rose whether the process to a Solar Maximum in 2012 has already started. Most estimations however see this start in 2010 and reach its maximum towards the middle of 2012. After an exceptionally quiet period, there have been several recent flares and/or CMEs and the predicted increase in solar wind speed that correlates with the solar orbit.

We monitor this activity for you and report as soon as we see abnormal behavior which may indicate changes in the hemisphere which eventually will have an impact on our planet Earth.


Recently the SOHO MDI images have come back online after an almost month-long hiatus, and we are still seeing the ever persistent #1024 sunspot region! Solar observers haven’t seen an active region like region 1024 in more than two years. It is big, complex, and rapidly growing.

The link below shows you the short recording that was made available by NASA today. We’re not sure why the recording is this short yet it clearly shows the outbursts of solar explosions. The black disc in the middle covers up the sun so that the solar flares can be seen using this lens.

See NASA´s recording of today by clicking here >>

We took some still images (see below) from the recording as to illustrate clearly how hefty the activity really was. And this happened in a time period that the experts said would be a Maunder minimum (low solar activity). When you follow the solar activity like we do, it is clear that this behavior does not fit that bill! The near future will have to show us whether this was an exceptional event or that a trend has started announcing the build up to the 2012 extreme events.

http://blog.2012pro.com/2012/solar-flare-intensity-increasing-19-aug-2009-nasa

[theeindiee]

"We believe in 2012"

So... the link isn't working for me... and this sounds like a 2012 cult again.

[lala]

We did have a post about solar flares . . .not sure if it went with the others or not . . .but i find it interesting . . . plus planetry alinement . . .. a bit later I'll have alook to see how they were lined up when the 1859 solar flare disaster hit . . .which i think was the 10-11 cycle something like that . . . :D



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[offsite:371kybg5]NASA – New Solar Cycle Prediction
New Solar Cycle Prediction

May 29, 2009: An international panel of experts led by NOAA and sponsored by NASA has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle. Solar Cycle 24 will peak, they say, in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots.

“If our prediction is correct, Solar Cycle 24 will have a peak sunspot number of 90, the lowest of any cycle since 1928 when Solar Cycle 16 peaked at 78,” says panel chairman Doug Biesecker of the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center.

Right: A solar flare observed in Dec. 2006 by NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite.

It is tempting to describe such a cycle as “weak” or “mild,” but that could give the wrong impression.

“Even a below-average cycle is capable of producing severe space weather,” points out Biesecker. “The great geomagnetic storm of 1859, for instance, occurred during a solar cycle of about the same size we’re predicting for 2013.”

The 1859 storm–known as the “Carrington Event” after astronomer Richard Carrington who witnessed the instigating solar flare–electrified transmission cables, set fires in telegraph offices, and produced Northern Lights so bright that people could read newspapers by their red and green glow. A recent report by the National Academy of Sciences found that if a similar storm occurred today, it could cause $1 to 2 trillion in damages to society’s high-tech infrastructure and require four to ten years for complete recovery. For comparison, Hurricane Katrina caused “only” $80 to 125 billion in damage[/offsite:371kybg5]