Strongest solar flare since 2017

Strong explosion in the sun on December 14 producing a class X flare, in the classification they are the most powerful. This was the most prominent flare in a series of explosions, as shown in the following graph. Note that there were three other explosions of class M, which is the class below X, but they are also dangerous.

The flare was named X2.8, the origin of all these flares is in Sunspot AR 3514, which luckily is already rotating towards the other side of the sun, and therefore it is ceasing to target us directly, however, these flares and especially the powerful x2.8 have already caused problems and will cause them in the coming days.

But at the same moment that astronomers saw the flash and traveling at the speed of light, taking only 8 minutes and 20 seconds to cross the distance that separates the Sun from the Earth, the radiation of the call reached us, which produced a deep blackout. . shortwave radio in America, which is the Red Zone you are seeing on the map, you may notice a loss of signal on all frequencies below 30 MHz for more than 30 minutes after the call.

More slowly travels the choice of coronal mass, which is a cloud of radiation and particles that takes a few days to reach us and that when hitting the Earth's protective magnetic field generates geomagnetic storms or solar storms, according to the NOA National Office of Oceanic Administration and In the United States, there is a solar storm warning for days 15 to 16 at level G1, which is the most moderate level on the scale, but they could reach level G3, which would be a strong level for December 17.

This will mean, among other problems, failures in satellite communications, possible failures in the energy networks of high latitude countries and luminous auroras in regions further away from the poles where people are not used to seeing the night lights of the auroras.

This event may also mark the beginning of solar maximum, the period of the 11-year solar cycle where the sun's activity is most intense, there are more sunspots, more flares, more solar storms, more auroras and more problems for our entire technological civilization. so dependent on space satellites and electronic systems.

There is no specific day for the start, but experts estimated that it could be entered at the beginning of 2024, although after this flare the solar maximum may have arrived and it does not come loaded with gifts.

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