Sudden Immediate Solar Flare alert

[HideandSeek]

(21 February 2013, 23:43)Highlander Wrote:

(21 February 2013, 23:30)HideandSeek Wrote: The sun's 11-year solar activity cycle will peak in 2013, it's called the solar maximum, I done this in physics when doing some engineering rubbish in collage. Apparently this year isn't very powerful and they normally call it a dud.

I am not that educated,.. but I can't believe in these solar activity cycles,..I mean what is there about the sun that could possibly regulate it in that way?

It's called a solar cycle, which includes of changes in the amount of radiation(solar) it basically spits out, it keep's the solar irradiance moderated in a sense which is electromagnetic radiation given off by the sun.During the solar maximum you get you get much more solar flares, but luckily enough we have a fairly healthy magnetic shield, if you like, which takes the biggest induction of radiation and what does get through heats the particles in the atmosphere and causes hot plasma which to us is Aurora Borealis (northern lights).

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Hope this helps mate..