[SFDXA] A BIG PUNY SOLAR FLARE:

[Bill]

*A BIG PUNY SOLAR FLARE: The biggest solar flare of the year happened 
over the weekend. But don't get excited; it was puny. On April 4th, 
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the ultraviolet flash from 
new-cycle sunspot AR2759:

This is a B4-class flare. It caused only a brief and ephemeral wave of 
ionization to ripple through our planet's upper atmosphere. There were 
no radio blackouts, GPS disturbances, or satellite outages. Only during 
Solar Minimum would such a flare receive any attention at all.

On the other hand, perhaps "B" stands for "Bigger than you think." A 
typical B-class solar flare releases as much energy as 100 million WWII 
atomic bombs. Only on the sun, which is itself a 1027 ton self-contained 
nuclear explosion, would such a blast be considered "puny."

So did something big happen? Or not? Yes to both.

https://spaceweather.com/


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