[RTTY] Swell

[Ian White GM3SEK]

WS7I wrote:
>Space Weather News for Sept. 22, 2010
>http://spaceweather.com
>
>GLOBAL ERUPTION ON THE SUN: This morning between 0230 UT and 0600 UT,
>the northern hemisphere of the sun erupted in a tumult of activity.
>There was a solar flare, a coronal mass ejection, and at least two
>dark magnetic filaments lifting off the stellar surface. The event
>appears to be a smaller-scale version of the global blast in early
>August that sparked auroras over some US states. As before, NASA
>spacecraft recorded the action in detail. Visit
>http://spaceweather.com for movies and updates.
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Comment seen on another list:

"Why does spaceweather.com put out these nonsense stories with such 
gross exaggeration? The largest flare in this 'explosion' was a B8, a 
trivially small one and these happen all the time. And it was at the 
edge of the sun so will miss us by millions of miles."




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73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek