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Sunspot AR3697 produced a near X-Flare (M9.7) peaking at 01:49 UTC (Jun 8th). This resulted in a large eruption of plasma.
Hard Radiation Storm
Energetic protons accelerated by the flare are raining down on Earth and hitting all satellites in the vicinity of our planet.Every speck of 'snow' in the latest SOHO coronagraph images is caused by an energetic proton striking the spacecraft's camera. At the moment the radiation storm is category S2. That means it does not yet pose a biological threat to astronauts or air travelers. However, it does contain an unusually high fraction of "hard" protons with high energies 100 MeV. It should be noted that the strong (S3) radiation storm threshold was touched at 08:00 UTC (Jun 8th).
G2 (Moderate) Geomagnetic Storm Watch
The large scale CME observed leaving the Sun early this morning has been modeled by NOAA/SWPC. The plasma cloud is expected to pass Earth early on June 10th. A moderate (G2) geomagnetic storm watch will be in effect beginning Monday.
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Images credit: NOAA/SWPC, AIA/SDO, SOHO/LASCO, nemesis maturity channel, helioviewer.org
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