Solar Flare may bring about astronomical fireworks display

The magical northern lights may be visible from Denmark this weekend when earth is bombarded with highly charged particles released from the sun in a specatactular solar flare last Tuesday.
Otherwise known as the aurora borealis, the lights occur at the earth’s poles and are caused by high-energy matter from the sun interacting with the earth’s magnetic shield, the magnetosphere.
While the magnetosphere usually provides earth with sufficient protection from the dangerous solar radiation constantly bombarding earth, solar flares can eject so much material that it can be overwhelmed, damaging satellites and electricity substations on earth.

Thankfully the bulk of the energetic particles, carried by the solar wind at 400 kilometres a second, are expected to miss earth, though enough will strike the earth’s magnetosphere to cause an increased light show visible much further from the poles than normal.

The sun’s eleven year cycle of activity should reach a peak in 2012 and 2013 making these flares more common and bringing with them the hope of more spectacular displays while also posing the increased threat of damage to electrical installations on earth.

The lights may be already visible in the northern sky and could last over the weekend. The north of the city, away from sources of light pollution, would be your best bet at seeing anything, though cloud and rain forecast this weekend is more likely to spoil the show.

Solar Flare erupting from surface of Sun

The Solar Flare sparks biggest eruption on Suns service ever seen by humans.






A worlds first as Solar Flare erups on Sun, are we safe or is this Armagedon?

Nasa has warned, that we will experience a Super Solar Storm in 2012.



Does this mean we should prepare ourselfs for the worst? Will the 2012 Prophecies come true? Is this the end of the earth as we know it?

Well according to Nasa the Solar Flare, a sudden brightening observed over the Sun surface or the solar limb, which is interpreted as a large energy release, will reach earth and expected to cause some desruptions. Satelites, Power Grids and other devices will be affected!

Few phenoma has stirred the immaginations of solar scientists and now us - as much as the explosive energy of solar flares. Since the days of the Egyptians or perhaps even before that scientists, prophets, journalists have dreamend up this day. Many wrote scientific books, articles
and even novels about these Storms after the first recorded observation of the flare in September 1859. But what does this biggest erruption means for us?

I definetly do not have the answer and need to wait like you do for the next answer from the Sun!