The X class category is the most powerful solar storms there. This week there was one. And it was the biggest of the year.
This show without major consequences for the Earth was recorded by the SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) NASA spacecraft, which captured in multiple wavelengths of light.
Your maximum degree is reached May 5 at 6:11, according to NASA, where he reached the rank of X 2.7, which exceeds the previous annual record set last March in X 2.2.
The numbers accompanying the letter mark their status within it.
The flames, however, were not entirely harmless.
They caused temporary blackouts radius along the Pacific Ocean, according to the Center of the US Space Weather Prediction.
These solar flares are actually powerful blasts of radiation.
harmful radiation can not penetrate the Earth's atmosphere and physically affect humans, the US space agency said.
However, if sufficiently severe, can disrupt the atmosphere and affect GPS navigation systems and other communications to signal travels.
The flares are the largest explosive events in the solar system.
They are seen as areas that shine in the sun and can last from minutes to hours.
What we normally see in a solar flare photons are released in each wavelength spectrum
Scientists classify solar flares in these three categories. C (low), M (mid-level) and X (the most powerful).
The X-class flares are ten times more powerful than the flares M.
The biggest event of this Type
The largest known solar storm happened on 1 September 1859.
A London astronomer, Richard Carrington observed what he described as "two patches of light glowing ".
What I was seeing was actually a flare that released energy equivalent to 10 billion Hiroshima bombs exploding at the same time.
At the time, they collapsed telegraph wires in Europe and North America.
According to scientists, a storm like that today would be a chaos of blackouts and inoperative mobile services.
With information BBC World
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