Coming massive sun storm will last for years


	Coming massive sun storm will last for years

bferman

4-1-2007 1:20 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7e19178a-a4b5-4a24-8ad8-c8ff9bfa25e6/751178A5-B237-47A6-A731-B52C2EA820CC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://science.qj.net/A-sun-storm-is-brewing/pg/49/aid/87137" href="http://science.qj.net/A-sun-storm-is-brewing/pg/49/aid/87137" style="font-size: 11px;">science.qj.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.qj.net/A-sun-storm-is-brewing/pg/49/aid/87137"><DIV>
<A title="sunspot%20-%20Image%201%20%26nbsp%3B%20%20%26nbsp%3B%20%3Ca%20href=%22http://img.qj.net//uploads/articles_module2/87137/sun.gif?764117%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22/img/newwindow.png%22%20title=%22Open%20in%20new%20window%22%20border=%220%22%3E%3C/a%3E" rel="lightbox[article87137]" href="http://img.qj.net//uploads/articles_module2/87137/sun_qjpreviewth.gif?764117"><IMG align="right" src="http://img.qj.net//uploads/articles_module2/87137/sun_qjgenth.gif?764117" title="sunspot - Image 1" alt="sunspot - Image 1" /></A>Don't stock up on food and batteries just yet. This storm is unlike any other most in our age groups have ever seen. The storm isn't even on the Earth, it's <A href="http://science.qj.net/Hironde-detects-flares-in-the-chronosphere/pg/49/aid/87013" title="Solar flare!">on the sun</A>.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.qj.net/A-sun-storm-is-brewing/pg/49/aid/87137"><DIV><A title="a person whose area of interest is astronomy or astrophysics." id="tag" href="http://science.qj.net/tags/astronomer/7355">Astronomer</A> Mausumi Dikpati of the National Center for Atmospheric research has predicted that come 2012, the Earth will experience a solar maximum, a phenomenon that last happened in 1958. This happens as a sunspot, a huge mass of violent magnetism, intensifies an area of the sun as it causes weird things to happen.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.qj.net/A-sun-storm-is-brewing/pg/49/aid/87137"><DIV>More than a heat storm, the solar max unleashes a barrage of magnetism that can be felt even in the Earth. Dikpati says he won't be surprised if modern electronics such as <A title="Global Positioning System" id="tag" href="http://science.qj.net/tags/gps/396">GPS</A> and mobile phones will be affected.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.qj.net/A-sun-storm-is-brewing/pg/49/aid/87137"><DIV>That's not the only strange thing that can happen. As the sun spot drags on for years and prompts the <A href="http://science.qj.net/Scientists-simulate-star-explosion/pg/49/aid/87131" title="a solar max doesn't compare to this">solar max</A> to rage on, atmospheric and astronomic frills can be seen on Earth. During the last solar max, Aurora Borealis was seen in <A title="country" id="tag" href="http://science.qj.net/tags/mexico/10146">Mexico</A>. </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/751178A5-B237-47A6-A731-B52C2EA820CC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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