Sol (Sun) and its phenomena

ANOTHER STRONG SOLAR FLARE: Departing sunspot AR3088 just unleashed another strong solar flare, an M6.7-class explosion shown here in an extreme ultraviolet image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory:
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Radiation from the flare caused a shortwave radio blackout over the Americas:
Ham radio operators may have noticed unusual propagation effects at frequencies below 20 MHz for as much as an hour after 1619 UT.

The explosion also produced a magnificent CME:
It was directed mostly away from Earth, but could have a small Earth-directed component.

 
SOLAR CYCLE 25 ACTIVITY REPORT AUG 29

Solar activity has been at high levels for the past 24 hours with four larger M flares and six C flares. The M flares were an M6.7 ( see previous post) an M4.9, an M3.3, and an M8.7 (almost an X-flare)

The M8.7 was observed at 11:07 UTC on August 29th from region AR3088. It generated a Moderate R2 Radio blackout over Africa. This region has now rotated out of view and probably the M8.7 was larger than what was recorded since the flare were partially blocked or occulted by the sun itself.

On August 29 at 11:07 UT (20:07 CST), a medium-sized flare of M8.6 occurred on the southwest (lower right) edge of the Sun. The location of the occurrence was in active region 13088, which moved to the other hemisphere, and may have reached class X if it had occurred on this side.

There are currently 4 numbered sunspot regions on the Earth-facing side of the sun, AR3085, AR3086, AR3087, AR3089, AR3088 is gone

AR3089 is growing rapidly and currently has a size of 580 millionths of a hemisphere (it started with a size of 150MH last August 25) and its magnetic configuration is beta-gamma. This region generated 4 M-class flares: M7.2, an M5.4, an M2.1 and M1.


The total number of sunspots has decreased to 79 The forecast is for a 99% chance for C flares, 55% chance for M flares and 25% chance for X flares.

▪︎Auroral Activity

The geomagnetic field has been at quiet to unsettled levels for the past 24 hours. Active geomagnetic conditions (Kp=4) were reached at 05:20 UTC and Solar wind speed reached a peak of 525 km/s at 07:34 UTC on Aug 28

Current Conditions at 13:40 UTC August 29

▪︎Geospace quiet
▪︎Geomagnetic conditions now KP=3
▪︎Solar wind speed record: 493.7 km/sec
▪︎density: 9.27 protons/cm3
▪︎Neutron Counts today: +1.6% Elevated
▪︎Sunspot number: 79 (SN 84 Aug 28)
▪︎According to SDO solar wind flowing from the southern coronal hole (with the anemone AR3086 inside) could reach Earth on Aug. 30.
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WEAK CME IMPACT: The data are not conclusive, but it appears that a CME grazed Earth's magnetic field on Aug. 29th at approximately 0330 UT. The weak impact has not yet caused a geomagnetic storm. Nevertheless, G1-class storms remain possible as Earth passes through the CME's wake. SpaceWeather.com

Some experts said that large flares and proton storms would not have been ideal for the Artemis 1 launch, (the most powerful rocket ever built with destined to the Moon) which was scheduled for today but is now in a hold:
ARTEMIS I LAUNCH SCRUBBED: Today's launch of Artemis I has been scrubbed due to an issue with one of the engines. NASA says the rocket and spacecraft are in a stable, safe condition. The next launch window opens on Sept. 5th. SpaceWeather.com
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SOLAR CYCLE 25 ACTIVITY REPORT AUG 30

Solar activity has been at high levels for the past 24 hours. The largest solar event of the period was a M8 event observed at 11:07 UTC from AR3088, however, the activity did not stop there. AR3088 did give us a few final M flares, despite being gone from the sun’s visible surface.

AR3088 is still active even though it moved from the southwest (lower right) edge to the other side, and on August 29 it produced M2.5 (14:56 UT), M2.5+ (around 16:34 UT) and M4.7 (18:57 UT) flares after the M3.3 and M8.6 flare. You can see the 5 times in the video [Courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA science team].

After the aforementioned eruptions AR3088 continued with an M1.7 at 01:40 UTC on August 30 then an M1.5 at 02:13 UTC.


EARTH JUST DODGED A LOT OF CMES: It seemed like sunspot AR3088 would never stop exploding. Over the past four days, the strangely-magnetized active region produced more than a dozen M-class solar flares:​


Each X-ray peak in the graph above produced a corresponding shortwave radio blackout on Earth. No part of our planet was untouched.

More than half of the explosions also produced a coronal mass ejection (CME). Earth dodged them all. Only one and maybe two delivered glancing blows of no consequence. All the rest sailed harmlessly into space.

The simple reason why: AR3088 was never facing Earth. Most of the explosions occured while the sunspot was approaching or even rounding the sun's western limb. SpaceWeather.com

A big prominence in the southeast continued its dance over the solar limb.

There are currently 4 numbered sunspot regions on the Earth-facing side of the sun, AR3085, AR3086, AR3087, AR3089

AR3089 is growing rapidly and currently has a size of 580 millionths of a hemisphere (it started with a size of 150MH last August 25) and its magnetic configuration is beta-gamma. This region generated 4 M-class flares: M7.2, an M5.4, an M2.1 and M1.

AR3089 (S22W06) decreased considerably in size in the last 24 hours, it is currently 250MH in size but its magnetic configuration has changed to beta-gamma-delta It now appears to have X-flare potential

The total number of sunspots has increased to 87 For the next 24h the forecast is for a 95% chance for C flares, 40% chance for M flares and 25% chance for X flares.

▪︎Auroral Activity

The geomagnetic field has been at quiet to active levels for the past 24 hours. Solar wind speed reached a peak of 540 km/s at 14:10 UTC on Aug 29 Active geomagnetic conditions (Kp=4) were reached at 04:01 UTC

CME IMPACT SPARKS AURORAS, BUT NO STORM: As predicted, a CME grazed Earth's magnetic field during the early hours of Aug. 29th. The weak impact did not cause a geomagnetic storm, but it did shake things up enough to spark auroras around the Arctic Circle.

Current Conditions at 14:00 UTC August 30

▪︎Geospace quiet
▪︎Geomagnetic conditions now KP=3
▪︎Solar wind speed record: 581.2 km/sec
▪︎density: 12.69 protons/cm3
▪︎Neutron Counts today: +1.8% Elevated
▪︎Sunspot number: 87 (SN 79 Aug 29)
▪︎According to SDO solar wind flowing from the southern coronal hole (with the anemone AR3086 inside) could reach Earth today.
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SOLAR CYCLE 25 ACTIVITY REPORT AUG 31

Solar activity has been at moderate levels for the past 24 hours. Refusing to say goodbye, AR3088 keeps blasting flares¡ The largest solar event of the period was a long duration M2.12 flare from AR3088 that began at 18:04 UTC and peaked at 19:29 UTC on August 30th. Because the flare occurred from around the sun’s limb, much of the activity was occulted from our view by the sun itself. The Analysts point out that If we’d seen it clearly, we might have realized it was an X-class event.


THE LEANING TOWER OF PLASMA: For days, astronomers around the world have been monitoring a tower of plasma sticking out of the sun's southern hemisphere. Philippe Tosi sends this Aug. 30th photo from Nîmes, France:
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The structure, twisting like a tornado 20 times taller than Earth, has persisted longer than most prominences do, attracting plenty of attention. Everyone can put away their telescopes now. The sun just ejected the tower into space. Watch this movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. SpaceWeather.com

Only one sunspot region remain on the Earth-facing side of the sun: AR3089

AR3089 (S22W06) decreased considerably in size in the last 24 hours, it is currently 250MH in size but its magnetic configuration has changed to beta-gamma-delta It now appears to have X-flare potential

In the last 24 hours AR3089 (S22W21) increased in size now has an area of 450MH but lost its sunspots with delta magnetic field. The magnetic configuration of the region is now beta-gamma.

The total number of sunspot has decreased to 50. For the next 24h the forecast is 85% chance for C flares, 25% chance for M flares and 5% chance for X flares.

▪︎Auroral Activity

The geomagnetic field has been at quiet to active levels for the past 24 hours. Solar wind speed reached a peak of 682 km/s at 19:32 UTC on Aug 30 because the Earth is inside a stream of solar wind from a southwest coronal hole, however, the Kp planetary index remained at Kp=3

Current Conditions at 14:30 UTC August 31

▪︎Geospace quiet
▪︎Geomagnetic conditions now KP=3
▪︎Solar wind speed record: 565.2 km/sec
▪︎density: 10.92 protons/cm3
▪︎Neutron Counts today: +2.0% Elevated
▪︎Sunspot number: 50 (SN 87 Aug 30)
▪︎Earth is inside a stream of solar wind.
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Report from SpaceWeather 09-01-2022

A BIG CME IS ABOUT TO HIT VENUS: A CME billowed away from the farside of the sun yesterday, Aug. 30th, and it was spectacular. Coronagraphs onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) recorded a full halo storm cloud:
If Earth were in the crosshairs, we would be bracing for a strong geomagnetic storm. Instead, Venus will absorb the blow. NASA models show the CME making a direct hit on the second planet.
The Venus impact on Sept. 1st (~0600 UT) will not cause a geomagnetic storm. It can't. Venus has no internally-generated global magnetic field. Rather, the impact will erode some atmosphere from Venus's unprotected cloudtops--a process that does not occur on Earth.


Above: A NASA model of the CME. Venus is the green dot. Earth is the yellow dot.​

The source of the CME is probably active sunspot AR3088, which left the Earthside of the sun two days ago. This sunspot was extremely active while we could see it from Earth. Now Venus is in the line of fire.

Coincidentally, the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft is currently very close to Venus. That means it can study the CME as it passes by. If explosions from AR3088 continue apace, Solar Orbiter could get great data in the next week as potentially many storm clouds wash over the spacecraft.
 
SOLAR CYCLE 25 ACTIVITY REPORT SEP 01

After a few days of high activity, sun returns to low levels. Over the last 24 hours, the sun produced 10 C flares. The largest solar event of the period was a C4 event observed at 07:50 UTC on Aug 31 from Region 3089 (S22W13).

There are currently 2 numbered sunspot regions on the disk: AR3089 and new region AR3090 located on the northwest (N14W09), a tiny sunspot with magnetic configuration alfa with a very low probability of generate large flares.

In the last 24 hours AR3089 (S22W21) increased in size now has an area of 450MH but lost its sunspots with delta magnetic field. The magnetic configuration of the region is now beta-gamma.
Big sunspot AR3089 has decreased its area to 400MH but it has developed again beta-gamma-delta magnetic configuration

A DANGEROUS SUNSPOT: Sunspot AR3089 has been quiet for days. It might be the calm before the storm. The sunspot has developed a delta-class magnetic field that harbors energy for X-class solar flares. If there is such an eruption (NOAA estimates a 5% chance) it will be geoeffective because the sunspot is almost directly facing Earth. SpaceWeather.com

The total number of sunspots has decreased to 42. The forecast is for a 85% chance for C flares, 25% chance for M flares and 5% chance for X flares.

▪︎Auroral Activity

The geomagnetic field has been at quiet to unsettled levels for the past 24 hours. Solar wind speed reached a peak of 617 km/s at 02:53 UTC on August 31

Current Conditions at 12:10 UTC September 01

▪︎Geospace quiet
▪︎Geomagnetic conditions now KP=2
▪︎Solar wind speed record: 534.9 km/sec
▪︎density: 8.56 protons/cm3
▪︎Neutron Counts today: +2.3% Elevated
▪︎Sunspot number: 42 (SN 50 Aug 31)
▪︎Solar wind flowing from a equatorial Coronal hole should reach Earth on September 05th

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SOLAR CYCLE 25 ACTIVITY REPORT SEP 04

Solar activity has been at low levels for the past 3 days. The largest solar event of the period was a C6.4 event observed at 03:02 UTC on sep 4th from Region 3089 (S22W72) in fact this region has been the main player of the last week.

There are currently 4 numbered sunspot regions on the disk. AR3089, AR3092, AR3093, AR3094

AR3089 has simplified its magnetic configurationand it is no longer complex enough to produce X flares. Yesterday it has a beta-gamma-delta magnetic field now is beta-gamma with suze 500MH

AR3087 (S14W97), AR3090 (N16W76), AR3091 (N14W60) are plages without spots

The total number of sunspots has decreased to 68. The forecast is for a 80% chance for C flares, 39% chance for M flares and 10% chance for X flares.

▪︎Auroral Activity

The geomagnetic field has been at unsettled to minor storm levels for the past 24 hours. Solar wind speed reached a peak of 588 km/s at 10:02 UTC on Sep 03th

AURORA SEASON. Combined with the Russell-McPherron effect – which occurs around equinoxes – geomagnetic storm levels have been fluctuating between minor (G1) and moderate (G2). Auroras have been reported all across the Northern Hemisphere from the northern U.S., Canada, and northern Europe. EarthSky.com

Current Conditions at 16:20 UTC September 04

▪︎Geomagnetic storm G2 level, now been going for 40 hours.
The solar wind causing this storm is flowing from a large hole in the sun's atmosphere. The hole is so large, we might be inside its exhaust for another 24-36 hours. SpaceWeather.com
▪︎Geomagnetic conditions now KP=5
▪︎Solar wind speed record: 616 km/sec
▪︎density: 13.04 protons/cm3
▪︎Neutron Counts today: +2.3% Elevated
▪︎Sunspot number: 68 (SN 71 Sep 03)
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About the picture on the left it's as if the North Pole was in the Hudson Bay. The green from the "probability of aurora" does not even touch Scandinavia... 🤔

Maybe the auroras did touch the northernmost part, there are reports from Iceland. We have to remember this is just a model.

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In Iceland, the auroras were so bright the landscape turned green: "if this is how the season is starting, I can't wait to see what will happen next," says photographer Wioleta Gorecka of Kleifarvatn. "Last night taught me to dream." SpaceWeather.com

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SOLAR CYCLE 25 ACTIVITY REPORT SEP 05

Solar activity has been at low levels for the past 24 hours. The largest solar event of the period was a C8.2 event observed at 16:38 UTC on Sep 4th from Region 3089 (S23W75). At least 20 minor C-class flares were observed yesterday.

There are currently 5 numbered sunspot regions on the disk. AR3089, AR3092, AR3093, AR3094 and new AR3095

AR3095 is a group of 3 sunspots located on the southwest (S14W37) its area is 20MH and its magnetic configuration is beta. It poses no threat of major solar flares M or X

The total number of sunspots has decreased to 62. The forecast is for a 80% chance for C flares, 39% chance for M flares and 10% chance for X flares.

▪︎Auroral Activity

The geomagnetic field has been at active to major storm levels for the past 24 hours. Solar wind speed reached a peak of 687 km/s at 11:08 UTC on sep 4th.

OVATION Auroral Forecast (September 05th)
This model gives a short-term forecast of the intensity of the auroral oval for both the northern and the southern hemisphere. It is based on the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions as measured by the DSCOVR spacecraft. The map shows the intensity and the location of the auroral oval for the time given in the right-hand corner of the map. Locations up to 1.000 kilometers (600 miles) north or south of the auroral oval might still see aurora near their horizon during optimal viewing conditions. This model does not take into account the local weather or the altitude of the Sun at your location. SpaceWeatherlive..com
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Current Conditions at 13:20 UTC September 05

▪︎Geomagnetic Storm
Geomagnetic storms have continued over the past 24 hours, fluctuating between minor (G1) and moderate (G2) levels. So auroras have also continued to be reported down to mid-latitudes such as the northern U.S. And we might continue to see minor-to-moderate storming throughout September 5 SkyEarth.com
▪︎Geomagnetic conditions now KP=5
▪︎Solar wind speed record: 589.7 km/sec
▪︎density: 10.86 protons/cm3
▪︎Neutron Counts today: +2.4% Elevated
▪︎Sunspot number: 62 (SN 68 Sep 04)
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SOLAR CYCLE 25 ACTIVITY REPORT SEP 06

Solar activity has been at moderate levels for the past 24 hours. The largest solar event of the period was a M1.1 event observed at 1805 UTC on Sep 5th from Region 3089 (S23W88) it produced a Minor R1 radio blackout over America. The remaining 20-plus flares in the past day were C-class.

Soon AR3089 will leave the visible side of the sun.

ECHOES FROM A FARSIDE SUNSPOT: There is a sunspot on the farside of the sun so large it is affecting the way the sun vibrates. Take a look at this helioseismic map. The large dark region is an echo of a farside spot--probably AR3088, which may have grown dramatically since we last saw it on the Earthside of the sun in August.
A MAJOR EXPLOSION ON THE FARSIDE OF THE SUN: Something just exploded on the farside of the sun. NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft recorded a magnificent full-halo CME emerging during the late hours of Sept. 5th:
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A NASA model of the CME predicts that it will hit Venus on Sept. 7th. (See the model) The impact will not cause a geomagnetic storm. It can't. Venus has no internally-generated global magnetic field. Instead, the impact will erode some atmosphere from Venus's unprotected cloudtops--a process that does not occur on Earth.
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Coincidentally, Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft just performed a very close flyby of Venus (only 6420 km away) to adjust its orbit around the sun. That means Solar Orbiter will be able to observe the CME and its impact at point blank range. SpaceWeather.com
There are currently 5 numbered sunspot regions on the disk. AR3089, AR3092, AR3093, AR3094, AR3095

The total number of sunspots has increased to 79. The forecast is for a 95% chance for C flares, 30% chance for M flares and 10% chance for X flares.

▪︎Auroral Activity

The geomagnetic field has been at unsettled to minor storm levels for the past 24 hours. Solar wind speed reached a peak of 680 km/s at 23:33 UTC on sep 04th

Current Conditions at 13:50 UTC September 06

▪︎Geospace quiet
▪︎Geomagnetic conditions now KP=3
▪︎Solar wind speed record: 534.5 km/sec
▪︎density: 8.66 protons/cm3
▪︎Neutron Counts today: +1.3% Elevated
▪︎Sunspot number: 79 (SN 62 Sep 05)
▪︎Earth is inside a stream of solar wind flowing from a coronal hole.
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SOLAR CYCLE 25 ACTIVITY REPORT SEP 06

Solar activity has been at moderate levels for the past 24 hours. The largest solar event of the period was a M1.1 event observed at 1805 UTC on Sep 5th from Region 3089 (S23W88) it produced a Minor R1 radio blackout over America. The remaining 20-plus flares in the past day were C-class.

Soon AR3089 will leave the visible side of the sun.



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There are currently 5 numbered sunspot regions on the disk. AR3089, AR3092, AR3093, AR3094, AR3095

The total number of sunspots has increased to 79. The forecast is for a 95% chance for C flares, 30% chance for M flares and 10% chance for X flares.

▪︎Auroral Activity

The geomagnetic field has been at unsettled to minor storm levels for the past 24 hours. Solar wind speed reached a peak of 680 km/s at 23:33 UTC on sep 04th

Current Conditions at 13:50 UTC September 06

▪︎Geospace quiet
▪︎Geomagnetic conditions now KP=3
▪︎Solar wind speed record: 534.5 km/sec
▪︎density: 8.66 protons/cm3
▪︎Neutron Counts today: +1.3% Elevated
▪︎Sunspot number: 79 (SN 62 Sep 05)
▪︎Earth is inside a stream of solar wind flowing from a coronal hole.
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I have realized that the big explosions are occurring in the hidden part of the earth from the sun and I have thought if there could be some celestial body that comes just from that direction and the sun does not allow it to be seen.

Just a thought.
 
I have realized that the big explosions are occurring in the hidden part of the earth from the sun and I have thought if there could be some celestial body that comes just from that direction and the sun does not allow it to be seen.

Just a thought.

Yes, I've noticed it too. Sunspots appear on the solar disk, a lot is expected of them and they only produce minor eruptions. Recently AR3088 for example. An X-class eruption was expected but didn't happen until it was on the far side. It may have reached class X if it had occurred on this side.

This region has now rotated out of view and probably the M8.7 was larger than what was recorded since the flare were partially blocked or occulted by the sun itself.

I was looking for information about this phenomenon but it seems that current science does not know either.

On june 2020 this question was asked in the SpaceWeatherlive..com forum:

I have been watching the Sun for over a year now and I have noticed that during the summer of 2019 we had a few small sunspots form on the backside and die before they went over the east limb, and we have been seeing this again over the past month or so and I am curious whether we will get as many sunspots on the earth side as the far side. I am also curious whether there are causes to this.

Answer:

It's a research that hasn't been done because of the lack of data we have of the farside. Not every bright arc on Stereo is a sunspot region (unless they cause flares that can be observed from Stereo and is always very likely to be associated with a sunspot region) so it's difficult to get numbers from that side. In SC24 we have also seen some major activity on the farside but those regions never survived long enough to have some activity left on the frontside. In any case, we will have regions that will form on the visible solar disk. there's just not a pattern to it to which longitude they will form and the lifetime of any region is also very variable.

So I looked for articles related to the electric universe theory.

Sunspot Mysteries​

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.’
– Rene Descartes


Expressions of surprise and puzzlement are commonplace at new discoveries in astrophysics and the detailed sunspot photos provide their share. It is because accepted theories have proven to be spectacularly non-predictive. It is a clear signal for independent minds that an opportunity exists to clear up mysteries that have dogged our finest scientists for most of the 20th century.

As Fred Hoyle long ago pointed out; the Sun does not conform to the expected behavior of an internally heated ball of gas, simply radiating its energy into space. Instead, its behavior at every level is complex and baffling. Nowhere is it more mysterious than in a sunspot. So, without any direct evidence that the thermonuclear powered model of the Sun is correct, and with strong evidence against it, we should begin by heeding Descartes advice and doubt it. Unfortunately it is a difficult path to take because science is a powerfully consensual organization. Yet it is consensus, or general agreement, that can delay new ideas for centuries and sometimes, millennia.

There are many crippling agreements that hold up progress in astrophysics. One was succinctly expressed at a recent public meeting by a professor of astrophysics who admitted, “‘When we don’t understand something we blame it on magnetism.”‘ The Sun has had more features blamed on magnetism than any other celestial object. The cool sunspot center is a classic example. Certainly, strong magnetic fields are measured there but that raises questions of cause and effect. Magnetic fields are only produced by electric currents. Is there any other evidence of electrical activity on the Sun? Yes, practically every feature of the Sun can be understood in terms of electric discharge activity in plasma.

The penumbral filaments are a case in point. Electric discharges in plasma take the form of long thin filaments. Just like a neon tube, it is simply the discharge that causes the gases to glow. The penumbral filaments were observed to split near their ‘footpoints’ in the dark umbra and to move around. It is typical behavior of plasma filaments and can be observed in novelty plasma balls. But the greatest shock is that the penumbral filaments have dark cores! How could this be so if they are convecting gas? In that case, the filament center should be hottest and brightest.

An electric discharge offers a simple explanation. In an ELECTRIC UNIVERSE® all bodies may receive electric current from the environment in a cosmic charging process associated with the normal development of a galaxy. And because electrical phenomena are scalable over at least 14 orders of magnitude, we may look to electric discharge phenomena in other atmospheres to gain insights into what may be happening in the Sun”s atmosphere.

Meteorologists are not sure how tornadoes form but they do know that they are often associated with severe electrical storms. The key to understanding tornadoes is that they are the result of rapidly rotating electric charge. Just as electrons are the current carriers in the copper wires we use for power transmission, so they are in the tornado. The BIG difference is that the electrons are moving at many metres per second in the tornado while they take several hours to move one metre in copper wire! The result is that enormously powerful electromagnetic forces are in control of the tornado. The result has been called a ‘charged sheath vortex.’

The Earth and other planets receive electrical power from space in the same way as the Sun. Obviously, we receive far less than does the Sun, which seems to be covered with tornadic charge sheath vortexes. The solar tornadoes are seen most clearly at the edge of sunspots in the form of penumbral filaments. The strong solenoidal magnetic field created by each vortex gives rise to the observed filamentary magnetic field in the penumbra.

What causes a sunspot?​

In the electrical model, the Sun receives electrical energy from interstellar space in the form of a glow discharge. Plasma experiments show that some energy will be stored in a donut shaped ‘plasmoid’ above the Sun’s equator.

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The energy is released sporadically from the plasmoid to the mid-latitudes of the Sun. (Incidentally, plasmoid resonances may give rise to simultaneous flares on opposite sides of the central body, as recently reported on the Sun). The global tornado storm is pushed aside by more powerful charge sheath vortexes that deliver electrical energy from the plasmoid to much lower levels. The resulting holes in the tornado level, or photosphere, are what we call sunspots. Rather than being a site where energy flow has been restricted, a sunspot is a site where it is enhanced. That explains why ‘they are launch pads for complex expulsions of plasma that race through the solar system.’ The giant electrical tornadoes that form sunspots accelerate particles in their powerful electromagnetic fields, generating UV light and x-rays instead of visible light. However, because temperature is a measure of random motion, the field-directed motion of the particles within the sunspot vortex appears ‘cool.’


So, something is supercharging the sunspots on the non-visible side of the sun?
 
About the picture on the left it's as if the North Pole was in the Hudson Bay. The green from the "probability of aurora" does not even touch Scandinavia... 🤔
the auroral OVAL is often an oval whose most southern latitude expansion is aligned with the hours around midnight. (Unless a sudden impact changes that)

So, on the daytime side shown in the left picture, Scandinavian was not covered by the auroral oval because it was not midnight but 11.00 local daytime (09:00 UT).
 
What just happened here ?!? :scared:
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Edit: I see that Puma already posted this gif. However the text from Spaceweather.com is new.

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Spaceweather.com writes following:

MAJOR FARSIDE CME AND RADIATION STORM (UPDATED):
Something just exploded on the farside of the sun. NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft recorded a magnificent full-halo CME emerging during the late hours of Sept. 5th

A NASA model of the CME shows it heading away from Earth and directly toward Venus. This will be the second time in a week that Venus has been hammered by a significant solar storm. An earlier CME struck on Sept. 1st, probably launched by the same farside sunspot.

"This is no run of the mill event," says George Ho of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. "Many science papers will be studying this for years to come."

Ho is the principal investigator for an energetic particle detector onboard Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft--and he is getting a lot of data right now. Solar Orbiter just performed a close flyby of Venus (only 6420 km away) to adjust its orbit around the sun. It is in the perfect position to observe the storm.

This plot shows a wave of energetic particles washing over the spacecraft:


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Above: Data from Solar Orbiter's EPD/Suprathermal Ion Spectrograph. These are quick-look data; they have not been checked for accuracy and are subject to revision

"I can safely say the Sept. 5th event is one of the largest (if not THE largest) Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) storms that we have seen so far since Solar Orbiter launched in 2020," says Ho. "It is at least an order of magnitude stronger than the radiation storm from last week's CME."

"In fact, the >10 MeV and >50 MeV particle intensity has not subsided since the beginning of the storm yesterday," adds Ho. "This is indicative of a very fast and powerful interplanetary shock, and the inner heliosphere may be filled with these high-energy particles for a long time. I think I've only seen couple of these in the last couple solar cycles."

Earth is not affected by the storm, which is happening on the opposite side of the sun. However, we may not be safe from its source. The underlying explosion almost certainly happened in the magnetic canopy of AR3088, an active sunspot that popped up on the Earthside of the sun in August. It is now transiting the farside, apparently bigger and angrier than before. The sun's rotation will turn AR3088 toward us again in little more than a week, putting Earth back in the line of fire.


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