The sun just produced a solar flare so strong, it took two sunspots to make it.
The very large and broken-up Sunspot AR3615 has been looking for a fight all week ejecting numerous powerful M-class flares. Early this morning it picked a fight with its neighbour Sunspot AR 3614 and lost! The two sunspot regions (AR 3614 and 3615) produced solar flares at almost the same time this morning. AR 3614 appears to have delivered the knock-out blow. A double blast like this is known in the astronomy world as 'twins' or a 'sympathetic solar flare'.
According to Spaceweather.com—The collective X1.1 X-ray event peaked at 01:33 UTC (Mar 23). The event around AR 3614 appears to be the brighter of the two and coronal dimming originating from 3614 is clearly evident meaning a coronal mass ejection (CME) will be likely.
Last month, giant sunspot AR3590 certainly lived up to its hype. . . The colossus sunspot group produced three very powerful X-class flares peaking at approximately 17:34 EST on Feb. 22, 2024. The X6.3 flare was the largest of the three X-class flares and the strongest of this solar cycle as well as the largest since September 2017—Are we going to see something even bigger in the coming days from sunspot groups AR 3614 and 3615?
Solar Cycle 25 is moving toward its climax which probably is next year, so far 2024 has produced many powerful flares and excitement which can not be said about the seismic activity here on Earth, which is undoubtedly a good thing, however, the general opinion among scientists is strong quakes (major quakes) are growing rapidly. That is truly not the case this year as major quakes, (mag 6 or higher) are well down on previous years—That's a good thing, right? Or is it the calm before the storm scenario? Scientists have recently claimed that increased solar activity causes increasing seismic and volcanic activity here on Earth—Buckle up folks!
Sunspot AR3615 has a 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that poses a threat for X-class solar flares. Credit: SDO/HMI
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All of these signs in the sky are just leading up to THE Sign in the Sky of the Millennium!
April 8, 2024 - The Great North American Eclipse! Judgement Day!
And a few days later, the meeting of Jupiter and Uranus in Taurus, something which
has only happened THREE times since Jesus was murdered!
Once in the 1100s, right before the Crusades started to fail for lack of Faith!
Once in 1858, right before the un-righteous war against the Southern States!
Once in 1941, right before America waged illegal and immoral war against Germany and Japan!
On April 8, America is “crossed off”!
And it will cease to exist soon after!
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