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The second of two monster space storms began racking Earth's magnetic field around 10 a.m. EST Thursday. Forecasters said the onslaught would continue for at least 24 hours, with the potential to damage more satellites and hamper communication systems on the ground... |
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| Earth Pounded: Second Major Space Storm in Two Days Hits (November 2003) |
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The most powerful solar storm in decades, which first struck Wednesday, continued to buffet Earth Thursday morning and forecasters had said its effects might linger into the afternoon. The back-to-back pairing of two historically huge flares is unprecedented, one physicist says. A space storm can only achieve full potential if its magnetic field is oriented south, opposite to that of Earth's protective magnetosphere, which always points north. |
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Also: "A severe geomagnetic storm is in progress on Oct. 30th. It began at approximately 1700 UT when a coronal mass ejection (CME) struck our planet's magnetic field--the second such impact in as many days.": And: "This is very unusual. The sun is very active right now and the fact that the same region of the sun explodes with X-sized flares two days in a row is not very common.": And: "Hear a radio burst from the recent solar flare that stirred a geomagnetic storm on Earth.": Articles from outside sources do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Wayfarer Online or its creators. (Please note, that from time to time some external links to outside news sources may have expired - our apologies for any inconvenience or email us and we'll endeavour to retrieve the article from our archives and send it on to you....) Wayfarer International, Copyright © John & Melody Anderson, 1997 - 2003. All rights reserved.
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