'Dead sunspot' launches ball of plasma toward Earth

[The Heretic]

'Dead sunspot' launches ball of plasma toward Earth

It's expected to hit April 14, when you can expect more intense aurora.

www.livescience.com

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[Provincial]

I would like to know just what the trend in solar energy has been since observations began. If the trend is increasing, it would be a major factor affecting climate. All the mainstream opinions ignore

 

[Rickenbacher39]

 

[Certaindeaf]

Probably looks like horns.

 

[gryghin]

So, how far south will the northern lights be seen?

 

[Xaevian]

I would like to know just what the trend in solar energy has been since observations began. If the trend is increasing, it would be a major factor affecting climate. All the mainstream opinions ignore

It is a cycle, 7 years I think?

 

[The Heretic]

It is a cycle, 7 years I think?

Solar cycle - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Xaevian]

Yup, too busy to look it up today. Thanks! 11 years.

 

[ma96782]

Aloha, Mark

 

[The Heretic]

Yup, too busy to look it up today. Thanks! 11 years.

When I worked in meteor burst data comms (bounced data signals of micro meteorites), there were sinusoidal cycles of meteorites and IIRC, aurora (the signal would also bounce off of the e-layer which is were much of the aurora is present).

The cycles of signal incidence (something present to bounce the signals off of) would be something like 3, 7 & 11 years and 3 month cycles?

 

[Norwestr55]

There should be a good light show here on the 14th.

Northern Lights Churchill Canada

 

[Provincial]

I was thinking of solar energy cycles that spread over hundreds or thousands of years. The sort of thing that would cause ice ages or similar changes. Fluctuations of solar output that would change the overall temperature of the earth.

 

[The Heretic]

I was thinking of solar energy cycles that spread over hundreds or thousands of years. The sort of thing that would cause ice ages or similar changes. Fluctuations of solar output that would change the overall temperature of the earth.

If I am not mistaken it takes more than solar cycles - at least sunspot/etc. activity cycles - to cause that kind of climate change.

"Ice ages" were usually caused by a combination of factors, including volcanic activity/etc., including methane burps, and orbital cycles

Milankovitch (Orbital) Cycles and Their Role in Earth's Climate – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

Small cyclical variations in the shape of Earth's orbit, its wobble and the angle its axis is tilted play key roles in influencing Earth's climate over timespans of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years.

climate.nasa.gov

 

[Flopsweat]

Here's a computer simulation of the mass ejection:

 

[Xaevian]

Here's a computer simulation of the mass ejection:

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That's more like a corneal rejection!

 

[Flopsweat]

That's more like a corneal rejection!

Clinton Mucus Ejection.

edit:

Not a Coronal Mass Ejection,

Clinton Mucus Expectoration.