I've been following these large, powerful sunspots online, but haven't had the chance to photograph them until today!!!! Due to a strong solar flare yesterday, there may be some aurora activity in the next day or so........
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
FINALLY.....The Sun!!!!!
I've been following these large, powerful sunspots online, but haven't had the chance to photograph them until today!!!! Due to a strong solar flare yesterday, there may be some aurora activity in the next day or so........
Who's Watching??
Since May 2007, when I first started my blog page, there have been over 4,000 views. Below, are the statistics....Thank you, everyone!!!
United States
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2352
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Russia
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367
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France
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237
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Germany
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235
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Latvia
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231
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Netherlands
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223
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United Kingdom
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144
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Ukraine
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125
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Canada
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58
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Turkey
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55
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SOLAR FLARE
The top image shows the Sun, with the current sunspots visible from Earth.
The bottom image shows 2 graphs...on the left is from the GOES satellite and on the right is from my VLF receiver, here in Marysville, Washington.
The red arrows show the time of a strong solar flare from sunspot #1875.
The GOES graph shows the Xray intensity, while the VLF graph registers the signal strength of a VLF station in Hawaii. The signal from Hawaii is actually being "bounced" off Earth's ionosphere and the Sun's activity affects the nature of the ionosphere. Hence, a strong flare will change it's density, causing the received signal to become stronger.
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