We missed another solar bullet on Thursday
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Lapcat
Governor
We've been having a LOT of solar emissions like that this year and last year. And we've had some of the hottest temps on record. It seems to be a trend.
Hope that doesn't spell how our days will end.
Hope that doesn't spell how our days will end.
Days
Commentator
try this, take one earth sized planet and set it in orbit 93 million miles from the sun, then spin the sun and now shoot random shots straight out into space in every direction from the sun... what are the odds of hitting that earth? It takes a very narrow exact direction of solar flare to shoot out a 8000 mile diameter earth from 93 million miles... if you are off the tiniest aspect of angle in any direction, you miss by tens of thousands of miles, a direct hit is almost impossible. We get hit with glancing blows all the time, but the last CMA to dead nail us was in 1859, I think it was.
Still, this was an impressive explosion, if this video is running in real time, you've got a fusion explosion the size of the earth happening in under ten seconds, that's one heck of a large explosion. You don't want to be in the direct path of that monster.
Still, this was an impressive explosion, if this video is running in real time, you've got a fusion explosion the size of the earth happening in under ten seconds, that's one heck of a large explosion. You don't want to be in the direct path of that monster.
NightSwimmer
Senator
In other breaking news, I have managed to avoid being struck by lightning so far this morning.
Stay tuned for updates...
Stay tuned for updates...
Zoar
Governor
You know, I keep hearing from Solar Flare "EXPERTS" how later today or tomorrow the big one is coming and how the solar flares will knock out web and computers and I have been hearing this jabber for over a YEAR!!!! Every single day they are screaming "Later today or Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow, you wait it will happen: the biggest and baddest solar flare is coming today or tomorrow!"
These Solar Flare End Of Life As We Know IT have cried wold way too may times... Like 400 times already!
These Solar Flare End Of Life As We Know IT have cried wold way too may times... Like 400 times already!
Days
Commentator
Let me give you a visual on this... ready?
Imagine a sphere with a 93 million mile radius. Place the sun in the center. Now place the earth as a moving target revolving around on that 185 million mile diameter sphere. Now, randomly take shots at the sphere... what are the odds of a direct hit on the earth? Not very good. But keep taking random shots every day and eventually you are going to hit the lottery, the last time was in 1859? A direct hit from a cma (coronal mass ejection) such as last Thursday's would definitely knock out all our satellites, destroy our internet, and even raise havoc with our electrical grid. Will it happen tomorrow or will it happen five years from tomorrow, or will it happen 50 years from tomorrow? No one knows, but it is bound to happen, because the sun isn't going to stop being the sun any time soon.
Imagine a sphere with a 93 million mile radius. Place the sun in the center. Now place the earth as a moving target revolving around on that 185 million mile diameter sphere. Now, randomly take shots at the sphere... what are the odds of a direct hit on the earth? Not very good. But keep taking random shots every day and eventually you are going to hit the lottery, the last time was in 1859? A direct hit from a cma (coronal mass ejection) such as last Thursday's would definitely knock out all our satellites, destroy our internet, and even raise havoc with our electrical grid. Will it happen tomorrow or will it happen five years from tomorrow, or will it happen 50 years from tomorrow? No one knows, but it is bound to happen, because the sun isn't going to stop being the sun any time soon.
NightSwimmer
Senator
Update!
I have yet to be hit by lightning, nor have I been snake-bitten.
I'm keeping an eye out just in case, though.
I have yet to be hit by lightning, nor have I been snake-bitten.
I'm keeping an eye out just in case, though.
Days
Commentator
We walk around on a planet that grounds atmospheric charges constantly... thousands of times every day. But odds are pretty good that we can live our short lives and avoid getting hit... especially if we don't climb trees during lightening storms.
The earth however, is absolutely constant in that 185 million mile diameter sphere. And the sun is almost absolutely constant in coronal explosions that shoot ion charged arrows at the earth's traveled sphere. So, sooner or later, the earth gets hit. hopefully, later.
The earth however, is absolutely constant in that 185 million mile diameter sphere. And the sun is almost absolutely constant in coronal explosions that shoot ion charged arrows at the earth's traveled sphere. So, sooner or later, the earth gets hit. hopefully, later.
Zoar
Governor
You missed my point entirely. The Solar Flare EXPERTS keep saying THE BIG ONE that will alter life on earth will happen later today or tomorrow!!!!
They are not saying someday.
YES THEY HAVE BEEN CRYING WOLF NOW FOR OVER A YEAR AND THEY ARE SOUNDING MORE AND MORE LIKE fear MOngering FOOLS.
They are not saying someday.
YES THEY HAVE BEEN CRYING WOLF NOW FOR OVER A YEAR AND THEY ARE SOUNDING MORE AND MORE LIKE fear MOngering FOOLS.
Days
Commentator
predicting the exact location on the 185 million mile diameter sphere (it really is closer in shape to a 200 million mile fat egg) that will get struck by a cma has got to be ridiculously hard... if someone is saying they know for sure the earth is getting hit, with the same certainty that it will rain in some city, that sounds like it is coming from way-out-there-ville... solar experts working for British tabloids?
Zam-Zam
Senator
Fascinating universe we live in, is it not?
A link, for those interested: http://www.solen.info/solar/
Zam-Zam
Senator
I'm waiting for someone to claim that all solar activity is caused by global warming.......:>)
Zoar
Governor
Audible moan.......
