TextNevertheless, its location - shooting off from the sun's left side - allowed Nasa to capture this remarkable footage of the flare from the SDO spacecraft. 'Great eruption happening on the sun now,' Nasa scientists wrote in a Twitter post. The spectacular flare erupted from an active region of the sun which may also be responsible for solar storm activity seen on Sunday, officials from the agency told Space.com. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk...

TextSolar flares are measured on a letter scale, with the strongest classified as C, M and X. X class storms are the most powerful events and when blowing in the direction of Earth they can pose a danger to orbiting astronauts and spacecraft, as well as power grids, communications and navigation systems on the ground. MailOnline science last month reported how the magnetic field around the sun is set to change in the next decades, cutting down the number of sunspots and explosive solar events. However, those events that do occur will be more damaging, with experts warning that our spacecraft and aircraft may be unable to cope. Changes in the Sun's magnetic field could also leave our planet more exposed to galactic cosmic rays - and people in planes and spacecraft would bear the brunt of this alien radiation. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk...

Originally posted by Phage
Instrument calibration manuevers.
See also January 11, 2012:
sdoisgo.blogspot.com...
sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov...

And don't pay any attention to anything Dutchyboy says.

edit on 4/18/2012 by Phage because: (no reason given)

TextThe sun has erupted in a spectacular flare, sending an outburst of heated plasma far into space. The eruption occurred along the sun's eastern limb and was not aimed towards Earth, scientists say. The flare was captured by NASA specialists and categorized as a class M flare, which is right in the middle on the scale of sun storms. Although the eruption looked tremendous it was not the strongest solar activity of the year. Earlier this year the Earth was battered by two massive solar storms that sent streams of charged particles towards the planet. Scientists say the sun is currently in an active phase of its 11-year solar cycle and is expected to reach peak activity in 2013. +4 (6 votes)

Originally posted by SonicInfinity
reply to post by amongus

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The only thing more annoying than hoax sites are arrogant comments like these. How is every single individual on ATS supposed to know who YouTube user dutchsinse is? At the very least, you can provide a small explanation or link to an ATS thread that describes the user in detail instead of smirking behind your computer as every user who looks at your comment now has to spend 5 seconds looking at the channel.

If you're too lazy to type a few sentences to explain, then don't reply at all.

Originally posted by Phage
Instrument calibration manuevers.
See also January 11, 2012:
sdoisgo.blogspot.com...
sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov...

And don't pay any attention to anything Dutchyboy says.

edit on 4/18/2012 by Phage because: (no reason given)

And don't pay any attention to anything Dutchyboy says.

THANK YOU Phage. Point made.

SPECTACULAR EXPLOSION: Magnetic fields on the sun's northeastern limb erupted around 17:45 UT on April 16th, producing one of the most visually-spectacular explosions in years. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the blast at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths: