🤔 Хм, NASA catches Sun releasing an ‘X level’ solar flare
X-flares are the top classification, and these are 10 times stronger than the next level down – M flares.
Major solar flares can knock out certain radio frequencies and can make GPS positioning less accurate.
We’re currently heading towards the Solar Maximum – a time when solar flares are at their most frequent, strong, and potentially catastrophic if they hit Earth.
But even before we get there, the last few months have exceeded predictions and occasionally SpaceX satellites fall out of the sky as a result.
Бех чел некъде, че освен тея слъчеви изригвания скоро може да очакваме и мощтна геомагнетична буря, понеже от над 150 години не е имало такава буря.
It has been suggested that a geomagnetic storm on the scale of the solar storm of 1859 today would cause billions or even trillions of dollars of damage to satellites, power grids and radio communications, and could cause electrical blackouts on a massive scale that might not be repaired for weeks, months, or even years. Such sudden electrical blackouts may threaten food production.
И ся си мисла - ако се изсипат некви слънчеви изригвания и геомагнетични бури и поизпадат сателите и се поизгори хамериканската електроника, руснаците мое и да направя "великия обрат". Туй ако стане - ще стана "believer". 😄