Solar Flare's Red Glare: Sun Unleashes Early Fourth of July Fireworks

[Lucid]

The sun erupted with a powerful solar flare Monday (July 2) in an early solar fireworks display just in time for the Fourth of July. A wave of plasma from the flare could reach Earth by the U.S. Independence Day holiday on Wednesday, July 4.

The sun storm came from a large sunspot called AR1515 that is now rotating across the Earth-facing side of the sun. It unleashed an intense solar flare at 6:43 a.m. EDT (1043 GMT) today in what is expected to be one of several strong solar storms in the days ahead, space weather officials said.

http://www.space.com/16400-solar-fla...fireworks.html

[Alex]

Does this mean I can save my charcoal? Just lay them dogs on the concrete and let the sun cook then through. Sweeeeeeeet

[carol1948]

It occurred to me that one day one of these flares may come close enough to cause bursts of light on the earth, a great time for the rapture and a basis for 'the lie'.