[extropy-chat] Historic Solar Flare

Wed Nov 5 04:06:43 UTC 2003

For those interested: 

Space Weather News for Nov. 5, 2003
http://spaceweather.com

Giant sunspot 486 unleashed another intense solar flare on Nov. 4th (1950
UT), and this one could be historic. The blast saturated X-ray sensors
onboard GOES satellites. The last time this happened, in April 2001, the
flare that saturated the sensors was classified as an X20--the biggest
ever recorded at the time. Yesterday's flare appears to have been even
stronger.

--karen