INTENSIFYING SOLAR ACTIVITY….

INTENSIFYING SOLAR ACTIVITY: Another CME might be heading for Earth following an M1-class solar flare on Aug. 15th (1436 UT). NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the explosion from southern sunspot AR3078:

The explosion from southern sunspot AR3078

A pulse of X-rays from the flare caused a minor radio blackout over the Atlantic Ocean: blackout map. Frequencies below 15 MHz were affected for less than an hour around 1500 UT. Stay tuned for updates about this event.

Sunspot AR3078 is growing and poses an increasing threat for 
M-class solar flares. Credit: SDO/HMI