INCREDIBLE ! 50,000km ejection from the SUN is not an everyday occurance, not normal, If it was directed toward Earth, it could have caused total meltdown of all electronic devices! We just dodged the bullet IMO!
What's up in Space March 8, 2010
FARSIDE ACTION: Today, the most active part of the sun is not visible from Earth. Sunspot complex 1052-1053 continues to spit CMEs into space from its location behind the sun's western limb. These farside eruptions pose no threat to our planet.
SOLAR FILAMENTS: Today, amateur astronomers around the world are monitoring a pair of enormous magnetic filaments on the sun. Rogerio Marcon sends this composite image from his backyard observatory in Campinas, Brasil:
The largest of the filaments, which is curling over the sun's northeastern limb, stretches at least 50,000 km from end to end. If it collapses and hits the stellar surface, the impact could produce a powerful Hyder flare. Readers with solar telescopes are encouraged to monitor developments.
