The Sun shoots plasma into space towards Earth at 2.2 million miles per hour

[NNN0LHI]

http://io9.com/5607539/the-sun-shoots-plasma-into-space-at-22-million-miles-per-hour



After nearly a decade of quiet, the Sun is waking up in a big way, and this picture from August 1 shows the most dramatic eruption yet, including a solar flare, a "solar tsunami," shifting magnetism, shaken corona, and more.

The eruption sent several billion tons of charged particles hurtling towards Earth at 2.2 million miles per hour, or about 1,000 kilometers per second. Fortunately, the effects of the eruption are harmless, even positive, as the eruption's interaction with Earth's magnetic field created amazing aurora displays over the northern regions of North America and Europe. snip

[texastoast]

1. Is that why I'm getting so much radio interference?

I've noticed a lot on several different stations. I thought it was my old car's antenna.

[Fuzz]

2. I saw that movie! 2012! It's starting folks! Build that ark!

;)

[Winterblues]

5. They are already built and tickets have been issued

Don't you have your tickets yet? :shrug:

[Fuzz]

6. Crap!

[SpiralHawk]

11. "The Sun will help us." Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez, Mayan Daykeeper

"But we have to work with the Sun, not against it."

- Don Alejandro...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. INB4 electric universe

[Common Sense Party]

4. How else are we going to make those television sets? n/t

[TransitJohn]

7. Quick, someone tell Nick Cage we need a shitty movie!

:rofl:

[glitch]

13. !

:spray:

[Barack2theFuture]

8. but 2012 is still two years away!

I'm not finished yet!

[SoCalDem]

9. So..if some hits my satellite dish

will I have a "plasma" tv?

[NightWatcher]

10. the sun is a mass of incandescent gas. a gigantic nuclear furnace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JdWlSF195Y

[FirstLight]

12. looked at spaceweather.com

doesn;t look like the end is nigh just yet. Still pretty calm up there...wish i was in the aurora region though!

[G_j]

14. Jerry Garcia's birthday

& it made for some amazing Aurora Borealis light shows

[Coexist]

15. cool

[mdmc]

16. ,,