Gargantuan sunspot AR1944, which appeared on January 1st, is one of the largest sunspots of the current solar cycle. It's so big, people are noticing it as a naked-eye blemish on the solar disk. Daisuke Tomiyasu sends this picture from Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Although the sunspot has been relatively quiet and stable since it first appeared on New Year's Day, a region of this size has the potential to produce significant activity. Indeed, NOAA forecasters, who say they are keeping a close eye on this behemoth, estimate a 75% chance of M-flares and a 30% chance of X-flares on Jan. 4th.
Yes very huge. Every-morning I check this guy on YouTube.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncO9NAXoebY
In this video he talks about the sun spot in the middle of video. He should have another video up this morning around 6:30am..
Greenbow
Back to the stone age.
ReplyDeleteAnd all of the inner city people (who will become zombies) will have a nasty surprise when the welfare checks stop.