{"id":312430,"date":"2024-03-24T20:08:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=312430"},"modified":"2024-03-24T20:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:08:39","slug":"major-and-unusual-solar-flare-and-cme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=312430","title":{"rendered":"Major (and unusual) Solar Flare and CME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"312438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=312438\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0WFI0KpdUGlS0kRVnWUJmVDtvbeHXb373zc7VIM1VvaQ.webp?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0WFI0KpdUGlS0kRVnWUJmVDtvbeHXb373zc7VIM1VvaQ\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0WFI0KpdUGlS0kRVnWUJmVDtvbeHXb373zc7VIM1VvaQ.webp?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0WFI0KpdUGlS0kRVnWUJmVDtvbeHXb373zc7VIM1VvaQ.webp?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-312438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0WFI0KpdUGlS0kRVnWUJmVDtvbeHXb373zc7VIM1VvaQ.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0WFI0KpdUGlS0kRVnWUJmVDtvbeHXb373zc7VIM1VvaQ.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0WFI0KpdUGlS0kRVnWUJmVDtvbeHXb373zc7VIM1VvaQ.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0WFI0KpdUGlS0kRVnWUJmVDtvbeHXb373zc7VIM1VvaQ.webp?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0WFI0KpdUGlS0kRVnWUJmVDtvbeHXb373zc7VIM1VvaQ.webp?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0WFI0KpdUGlS0kRVnWUJmVDtvbeHXb373zc7VIM1VvaQ.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/0WFI0KpdUGlS0kRVnWUJmVDtvbeHXb373zc7VIM1VvaQ.webp?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/03\/23\/major-and-unusual-solar-flare-and-cme\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">h\/t&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/roy.w.spencer?__cft__[0]=AZWFvKa6GQlvd09vl6brnN1pZ6ihecySeE4JtzxL7lfFzXsrW4f0TpXeyC5He_3tf4Sn7nUNkw4Ifuy05fGv8lIthNeO2F8opRJ1kH3mY0_0fryt-aYBCtVUIA_hlLkptl6YB0A5gWo9qQ4Dt1ObQnEWBFPMv21fIXyReIf88IVAdw&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Roy W. Spencer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March is a peak month for auroras, and this should be a good one in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A strong X-class solar flare lasting 5 hours has erupted on the sun, lifting a coronal mass ejection (CME) with an Earth-directed component. Play the right-hand video in the link, 1st comment, to see the CME near the end of the clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 the flare was unusual in that it involved two widely-separated sunspots than became magnetically connected during the flare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/lasco-coronagraph\">https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/lasco-coronagraph<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='723' height='427' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/mOg6IP7C?cover=1&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='723' height='406' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/APbA6IGX?cover=1&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1674852142'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOAA SWPC writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">R3 (Strong) levels were reached on 22 March, 2024. 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