Photo of Aurora and Orion, Taken by Roi Levi on October 25, 2022 @ ICELAND (Roi Levi shares the details of his photo mission on Spaceweather.com)
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 08/18/2023
SOLAR ACTIVITY IS LOW: Yesterday, NOAA reported that “solar activity was low.” We agreed. This is what low solar activity looks like.
C-5 Solar Flare, Spaceweather.com
The movie shows a magnetic filament erupting on Aug. 17th around 1200 UT. Earth-orbiting satellites reported a C5-class solar flare, and SOHO observed a CME flying into space. The explosion released about as much energy as a billion WWII atomic bombs. Only on the sun, which is itself a 1027 ton self-contained nuclear explosion, would such a blast be considered “low activity.” Compared to much-stronger X-flares, however, this was indeed weak.
