Space Weather

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http://www.spaceweather.com/


SUNSPOT ALERT: The most active sunspot of the year so far is emerging in the sun's southern hemisphere: movie. Sunspot 1024 has at least a dozen individual dark cores and it is crackling with B-class solar flares. On July 4th, amateur astronomer David Tyler caught one of the flares in action from his backyard solar observatory in England:



The magnetic polarity of sunspot 1024 identifies it as a member of new Solar Cycle 24. Its rapid emergence continues the recent (few-month) trend of intensifying new-cycle activity. This sunspot is the best offering yet from the young solar cycle. Monitoring is encouraged.

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SWIRLING SULFUR DIOXIDE: A massive plume of ash and sulfur dioxide expelled by Russia's Sarychev Peak volcano on June 12th is swirling through the stratosphere over the northern hemisphere. Europe's MetOpA satellite is monitoring the SO2,

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so is this going to be moved too?

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Daily Sun: 16 July 09

The sun is blank--no sunspots. Credit: SOHO/MDI


Sunspot number: 0
What is the sunspot number?
Updated 15 July 2009

Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 5 days
2009 total: 147 days (76%)
Since 2004: 658 days
Typical Solar Min: 485 days
explanation | more info
Updated 15 July 2009
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SOLAR ACTIVITY: A big show is underway on the sun today. Two massive prominences are dancing along the northwestern limb with such allure that the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has boosted its frame-rate to capture the motions. Stay tuned for movies, and meanwhile, keep an eye on the sun.

POSSIBLE IMPACT EVENT ON JUPITER: Did something just hit Jupiter? On July 19th, a black "scar" appeared in Jupiter's clouds similar to the Shoemaker-Levy 9 impacts of 1994. Veteran Jupiter observer Anthony Wesley photographed the feature from his observatory in Murrumbateman, Australia:



"The jet-black mark is near Jupiter's south pole (south is up in the image)," says Wesley. "I have imagery of that same location from two nights earlier without the impact mark, so this is a very recent event. The material has already begun to spread out in a fan shape on one side, and should be rapidly pulled apart by the fast jetstream winds. I recorded a lot of footage, and will be generating more images and a rotation animation soon."
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New NASA Images Indicate Object Hits Jupiter

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-112

For me, this is just plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face evidence that God has not poured His wrath on mankind just yet.

Revelation 8:8
And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

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The solar eclipse that will take place on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 will be a total eclipse of the Sun. It will be the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting at most 6 minutes, 39 seconds. It has sparked tourist interest in eastern China and India.

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SOLAR ECLIPSE: The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century takes place this Wednesday, July 22nd. The path of totality crosses many major cities, setting the stage for possibly the best-observed eclipse in human history. Get the full story from Science@NASA.

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[CitySearcher]

Glad to see you are still posting updates on this and other threads! :candle

It's good to be back and see ol' names. I just had an internet connection hooked up today - first one in over a year. :dance

So ... I'm back; and by the grace of God, will be lurking and posting once again.

God bless all of you.