Eye-shaped sunspot group facing planet, Earth directed flares possible
| Published on September 5, 2011 9:15 am PT – By Jim Duran – Writer – Article Editor and Approved – Ron Jackson |
(TheWeatherSpace.com) — The sun has a sunspot group that is facing our planet today and any large flares would be directed at us.
The field has a beta field which could harbor M-Class solar flares. The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center is monitoring for changes in the field.
The interesting thing about this one is the shape of it. We know the Sun does not have eyes, but took a look at the image caught today. The sunspot group has an eyelid and eyeball shape. Pretty interesting huh!
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