(INTELLIHUB) — A moderate solar radiation storm engulfed Earth Monday as micro-particles traveling from Sunday’s X8.28 solar flare struck the planet at the speed of light.
According to a Space Weather Live report, the flare was the second largest of the current 11-year solar cycle next to the recent Sept. 9 X9.3 which derived from the same region on the Sun’s surface.
Major X8.28 solar #flare from #sunspot region 12673
Follow live on https://t.co/3Xxrvc3cpA pic.twitter.com/yskS8jClmG— SpaceWeatherLive (@_SpaceWeather_) September 10, 2017
Specae Weather Live confirms that Sunday’s flare was “highly eruptive.”
The X8.2 solar flare is highly eruptive with a fast and broad coronal wave. Wow! pic.twitter.com/ZYhVrAu9D7
— SpaceWeatherLive (@_SpaceWeather_) September 10, 2017
Solar data provided by NOAA/SWPC Boulder, Colorado indicates a massive fluctuation of the Sun’s X-rays took place sometime after noon on Sept. 10 which backs up other reports.
H/T: @Tabertronic on Twitter
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