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Rare solar flare can damage telecommunications

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Rare solar flare can damage telecommunications
Increased solar storm can cause crashes since 2006 from the afternoon of Wednesday. See Video

iG St. Paul | 07.06.2011 18:15 - Updated at 19:50 A + A-
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Photo: NASA / Solar Dynamics Observatory
Solar flare particles dispersed covering almost half of the solar surface
Equipment of the U.S. space agency reported early on Friday (7) a large solar flare activity that could disrupt satellites, power grids and telecommunications from Wednesday (8).

A large cloud of particles increased rapidly and dispersed looking cover an area nearly the size of half of the solar surface. According to the weather service in the United States (NWS, its acronym in English), not seen since 2006 a solar storm of this size.

Solar flares occur early in the event as a small flash of light. A dark material, the filament eruption is issued and extends over a wide area of the solar surface. The rarity of this solar flare is just the size expansion.

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), NASA observed the peak of solar activity at 2:41 a.m. (Eastern Time), the images were captured great detail. The team classified the SDO solar explosion as a "visual spectacle. " The particles resulting from the explosion, moving through space at 1400 km / s. According to a statement from the NWS, the phenomenon can cause a magnetic storm of small to moderate, from 15h GMT. It can cause problems on GPS systems, forcing planes to alter their routes to fly over polar regions.

The explosions on the surface of the sun have caused concern among scientists. The star has cycles of activity every 11 years, and he would be entering a peak period between 2011 and 2012.
 
Re: Rare solar flare can damage telecommunications

http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=08&month=06&year=2011
OOPS! Yesterday's epic solar flare attracted an overwhelming number of visitors to spaceweather.com. Our server buckled under the strain. Today we upgraded our hardware to handle the load; bring on the flares! The webmaster apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the outage. --Tony Phillips...

There are images and a movie of the flare at the link.
 
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