Severe solar flare today, caught for posterity on its way to Earth.
October 28th, 2003
Severe solar flare today, caught
for posterity on its way to Earth. Intensity X17.2 (“X” for “major
flare), the third strongest major flare ever recorded; two billion
tons of coronal mass
coming this way at 2
Mm/s. Expected to show up sometime around 3AM Eastern, 10/29.
Maximum shock strength predicted. Heads up.