As it was the largest solar flare on record.

According to the images shown by space agencies on February 15, a giant eruption occurred on the sun, this eruption was the largest solar prominence ever observed in a single image along with the entire solar disk and extended for millions of kilometers into space.

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These are the images of them and they were captured by the nasa stereo ship, but we also have those captured by other ships that are watching the sun, they are colossal dimensions, keep in mind that the small black circle in the center is the sun is covered to so that its light does not dazzle us and we can better observe the phenomenon that occurs in its surroundings, in this case we can see the full sun and we see the flare.

This phenomenon was described as giant and has surprised astronomers, the question that everyone asks is what would have happened if the injection had been directed towards the earth, because this occurred in the other part of the sun and the coronal mass ejection headed in the opposite direction from the earth.

But let's imagine that it would have been a G5 storm, which is the maximum on a scale of 1 to 5, according to NOAA, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this type of storm affects energy systems, which can have widespread problems of voltage control and protection system problems, some network systems may experience total collapse or blackouts, transformers may be damaged.

In this sense, we must remember what happened on March 13, 1989, when a solar storm burned a lot of transformers and caused the great blackout in Quebec in Canada. These powerful higher-level solar storms also affect ships. to the satellites and also to the activity of the astronauts who are on the international space station, who have to take shelter to avoid the radiation emitted by these storms.

Another system that is going to be affected is the high-voltage cables that can reach hundreds of amps, high-frequency radios can also be affected, radio navigation systems, and to this we must add flights near the poles, which are would be affected, these flights would have to be suspended and there could even be alterations in the rhythms of life and the journeys of migratory animals.

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