Solar Flare aimed at Mercury

SPACEWEATHER.COM: JULY 28, 2023

A CME IS ABOUT TO SLAM INTO MERCURY: A bright CME that left the sun earlier today is hours away from slamming into Mercury, according to a NASA model. The impact will pepper Mercury with high energy electrons. New research shows that this will probably ignite X-ray auroras at ground level on Mercury’s rocky surface. 

Eruption from sunspot AR3372

M IS FOR ‘MAGNIFICENT’: Departing sunspot AR3372 erupted on July 28th (1558 UT), producing an M4-class solar flare and a magnificent plume of debris.

The fiery loop that catapulted away from the sun was wide enough to swallow about 20 planet Earths. It won’t be swallowing our planet, though, because it is heading in the wrong direction. Like several other significant explosions in July, this one will miss Earth. Maybe next time.

Sunspot map 07-28-2023

The NOAA Space Weather Enthusiasts Dashboard includes video animations of sunspots that are moving into earth-facing position.

TRECENA OF MONKEY/CHUEN: DAWN OF A BEAUTIFUL CREATION
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
1 Monkey/CHUEN, Cherokee, Raccoon/KVH’LI, Kin 131, Position 11
July 28, 2023, 07/28/2023