Did anyone see Horizon last night on 'Solar Storms'.
It was a bit provocative, NASA-centric and male dominated,
but did have a few good SDO movies. I was a bit worried
about the amount of Sun watching which was going on, with
'smoked glass'??!! Also I might have been wrong, but
I though I heard them say that the corona was 20 times
hotter than the surface of the Sun...hmmm.. just out by
a few orders of magnitude.
If you want to find more reliable information, we have put
together a website about the Sun and it's effect on the
earth's environment, called SunTrek. It has a sister site
called iSun|trek (www.suntrek.org/blog) with the latest
informations and developments. The Sun is getting pretty
active at the moment with several X-class flares. The recent
CME's haven't been Earth directed, but if the activity
continues we could have more beautiful aurorae. I doubt
we shall have catastrophic effects, such as power blackouts
or satellite damage, but this does indeed happen....and
can be very expensive. We do indeed live in a world which
is now totally dependent on modern technology.
What would everyone on the train do if their electronic
devices failed? Read a real book?
Helen (Mason)
Univ of Cambridge
Sun|trek Team
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