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SUDDEN SUNSPOT: What a difference 48 hours can make. Only two days ago the sun was blank and calm, displaying the sort of unrelenting quiet we've come to expect from the deepest solar minimum in a century. Then, with startling rapidity, sunspot 1024 burst onto the scene: movie. Unlike other recent "sun-specks", this active region is a full-fledged sunspot group with more than a dozen planet-sized dark cores, crackling with B- and C-class solar flares.
"Sunspot 1024 is putting on a spectacular show," says amateur astronomer David Tyler of Buckinghamshire UK, who caught it in mid-flare on July 5th:
"This is the best sunspot I've seen in two years," agrees Michael Buxton of Ocean Beach, California. "Here is a one-hour time lapse movie of activity in the sunspot's core. It is exciting to watch."
The magnetic polarity of sunspot 1024 identifies it as a member of new Solar Cycle 24. That makes sense. New research shows that solar jet streams are beginning to stimulate new-cycle sunspot production. Sunspot 1024 appears to be a sign of the process at work, heralding more to come. Monitoring is encouraged.
Originally posted by trueforger
reply to post by Mintwithahole.
So was he in a pub when he said that?
What do you say to the latest 350 foot diameter one then?Same thing,placebo fantasy?
Originally posted by rhysotronic
reply to post by questioningall
To the opening post, apologies if this has already been discussed, but I'm just wondering about something..
Granted, the eclipse symbols would imply that it is to occur on that day, but assuming they're not man-made, why would a species who favour symbology rather than using our language to communicate use the Gregorian calendar in their message?
Originally posted by trueforger
reply to post by Mintwithahole.
I am not giving weight to feeling funny while in the circle.I'm referring to the reports,so numerous it seems SOP,for cameras to stop working in the circle.This sort of non subjective effects.Final note is how the experts get fooled all the time.Look at medicine.This story is what fourth hand?Not bad as such.
Originally posted by SaraThustra
Yippy Ky Aye We'll Find Out Today!
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by JennyJen
But there were two sevens and 7+7=14 and 1+4 = 5 so that means...
I give up. What does that mean?