Solar flares could strip the Moon bare www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/solarflare-580x318.jpg Dec. 6, 2011 http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/solar-flares-strip-the-moon-2011126/ [with comments] === Having a Solar Blast - STEREO Ahead [yt]Y0UQQHvrJ_8[/yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0UQQHvrJ_8 === Solar flares "sandblasting" the Moon www.scienceagogo.com/news/img/sunstorm.jpg 7 December 2011 http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20111106225715data_trunc_sys.shtml === Solar storm can strip a planet of its atmosphere, says NASA study Dec 7, 2011 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/315710 === Solar flare could disrupt Earth communications [yt]lwgzbZlagHI[/yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwgzbZlagHI === Amazing video of massive solar flare erupting from surface of Sun [yt]wFb7OZx2NYo[/yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=wFb7OZx2NYo