This Halloween Storm spawned auroras that were seen over most of North America. Extensive satellite problems were reported, including the loss of the $450 million Midori-2 research satellite. Highly publicized in the news media. A huge solar storm has impacted the Earth, just over 19 hours after leaving the sun. This is one of the fastest solar storm in historic times, only beaten by the perfect solar storm in 1859 which spent an estimated 17 hours in transit. A few days later on November 4, 2003 one of the most powerful x-ray flares ever detected, swamped the sensors of dozens of satellites, causing satellite operations anomalies….but no aurora. Originally classified as an X28 flare, it was upgrade to X34 a month later. In all of its fury, it never became a white light flare such as the one observed by Carrington in 1859. Astronauts hid deep within the body of the International Space Station, but still reported radiation effects and ocular ‘shooting stars’.
The Bastille Day Storm
Solar flare threatens the earth with storm [New York Times, July 16, 2001 p. 21]. Minor damage reported from geomagnetic storm [New York Times, July 17, 2001 p. A17]… Continue Reading
Thursday, June 6, 1991
Severe sun storm threatens utilities [New York Times, June 6, 1991, p. A16].… Continue Reading
The Quebec Blackout Storm
Astronomers were busily tracking “Active Region 5395″ on the Sun when suddenly it disgorged a massive cloud of superheated gas on March 10, 1989. Three days later, and seemingly unrelated to the solar paroxicism, people around the world saw a spectacular Northern Lights display. Most newspapers that reported this event considered the spectacular aurora to… Continue Reading
Saturday, May 7, 1988
Solar discharge sends storm over earth [New York Times, May 7, 1988, p. 36].… Continue Reading
Monday, April 13, 1981
Aurora borealis lights up sky [Los Angeles Times, April 13, 1981, p. 1].… Continue Reading
Saturday, July 6, 1974
Aurora borealis lights the sky [Chicago Tribune, July 6, 1974, p. F3].… Continue Reading
The Space Age Storm
Solar astronomers reported that Active Region 331 had produced three powerful flares during a span of 15 hours. The intensity of these flares, classified as ‘X2′ were near the limits of the scale used to classify solar flare X-ray power. The next day, the Pioneer 9 spacecraft detected a shock wave from the first of… Continue Reading
Saturday, May 24, 1969
Aurora borealis seen from N.Y to Louisiana [Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1969, p. A5].… Continue Reading
Saturday, May 27, 1967
City gets rare look at northern lights [The Washington Post, May 27, 1967, p. B3].… Continue Reading
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