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Polar Flares To Be Visible Tonight
ideaMUX writes "NASA's solar dynamics observatory recently detected an M-class flare hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. The CME is not fully directed toward Earth, but some of the plasma cloud may be visible in the magnetosphere tonight, causing a geomagnetic disturbance and possible aurora. NASA said M-class flares are medium-sized, and can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth's Polar regions. Minor radiation storms sometimes follow M-class flares."
That's an original, I think.
Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
Thank you Slashdot.
Sincerely,
All your readers outside of polar areas that won't be able to see anything anyway.
Aurora Borealis?
At this time of year?
A this time of day?
In this part of the country?
Localized entirely within your kitchen?
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That's not quite right for this event.
Here's a forecast for tonight's event, it's possible that anyone north of about 55 degrees in North America will get a glimmer.
True, that leaves most of us SOL. But that's why CME events are special -- people who can't normally see the aurora borealis get a chance to view it.
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Guaranteed Plasma Cloud Shot
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...detected an M-class flare...
So...can you live on it?
That only happens like... never!
Sincerely,
Someone from Cleveland (you insensitive clods!)
Speaking of Alaska, I wonder what time dude's plane crashed?
Walk with Music;
I am going to pack all of my electronic equipment into the newly built Faraday cage I built in my garage.
Tsukasa: All I really want, is to be left alone...
unless this is DARPA playing with HAARP again.
That's not quite right for this event. Here's a forecast for tonight's event, it's possible that anyone north of about 55 degrees in North America will get a glimmer. True, that leaves most of us SOL. But that's why CME events are special -- people who can't normally see the aurora borealis get a chance to view it.
The only people in the US that will be able to see it live in Alaska - likely an extremely insignificant portion of the /. crowd.
In Australia, seriously. Aurora Australis is just as beautiful.
Earth has two poles.
Nicolas Cage just drove by my house really fast shouting into a cell phone. Should I be concerned?
Seymour! The house is on fire!
Its raining heavily here, so I doubt they will be visible (even though I am at 46 degrees north)
But why would I want to see polar flares? I mean, it's cool and all, whatever floats your boat... but I'm just not "like that".
C|N>K
Fried all the electronics.
Am I the only one who read that as "Polar Bears To Be Visible Tonight" and thought, "Holy crap, they're usually invisible?!?"
Menchara-class flares over a Menchara-class planet?
;-)
Been there, done that
YOu can see your own hemorrhoids? dear god man, see a Doctor.
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What?
Yeah, and there's not many of those people either.
The OP mentioned "North America". Incredible as it seems, there's this country in North America to the north of the US with 35 million people in it that might want to see this event. Remarkably, this story is relevant for them.
It's ok, he's a professional...
There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
The OP mentioned "North America". Incredible as it seems, there's this country in North America to the north of the US with 35 million people in it that might want to see this event. Remarkably, this story is relevant for them.
Not really. Most of us are too engrossed in drinking beer and beating each other with hockey sticks to look at the sky. ;-)
Your point is valid, but the vast majority of Canadians live south of 55 degrees north. Calgary is 51 degrees, and even Edmonton is only just over 53 degrees...
I seriously doubt most Canadians even live near the lower portions of Alaska, as far as longitude goes. Of course, there aren't many Alaskans, hehe.
A lot of Canadians, if they live towards the southern part of their US-bordering province, could potentially be further south from the pole than north-eastern US states like Maine.
Nope. I generally do pretty well here in NE Montana.
This shot, and this one, are aurora photos from the CME event last week.
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
I had a bipolar flare-up and tossed a chair.
Table-ized A.I.
Ted Stevens will see it.
The only people in the US that will be able to see it live in Alaska - likely an extremely insignificant portion of the /. crowd.
On behalf of the Alaskans who are a part of the /. crowd, I would like to convivially wave an insignificant digit in your general direction. Sadly, you will not be able to see my digit-waving-display, just as you won't be able to see the aurora display tonight.
If it makes you feel any better, our weather here in Anchorage will not likely permit viewing, either ... damn clouds.
The OP mentioned "North America". Incredible as it seems, there's this country in North America to the north of the US with 35 million people in it that might want to see this event. Remarkably, this story is relevant for them.
Seeing as how I live in the lower 48 states and am further north than a huge percentage of the Canadian population I have to say you might want to consult a map. Most of the major cities in Canada are barely north of the border. Hell I could be in one of them within 40 minutes if the border crossing wasn't crowded.
Thank you Slashdot.
Sincerely,
All your readers outside of polar areas that won't be able to see anything anyway.
I really don't understand why this is insightful. Linux stories aren't helpful to the majority, either.
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and say "really fast shouting" should read "shouting really fast" but then i saw you are referring to nicholas cage, so yeah, you are grammatically correct after all
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you are a poor troll trying to pull a fast one
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Incredible as it may seem to people of the US, North America also includes Mexico.
(Welcome to Geography, American know-nothing)
I'm sure millions of Mexicans will certainly be up late tonight to see this magnificent polar event!
- Speaking as a Canadian, and no, I do not live in an igloo.
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- aqk
F U
Sometimes I think that troll is a weird form of eliza trainer, trying to produce comprehensible posts based on slashdot post histories. Clearly a non-starter unless you've been drinking sterno. Alternatively, it could be some form of encoded data, posted in a public forum and cleverly disguised as an asshat. /tinfoilhat
As to the light show, wish I could see it.
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Incredible as it may seem to people of the US, North America also includes Mexico.
(Welcome to Geography 101, American know-nothing)
I'm sure millions of Mexicans will certainly be up late tonight to see this magnificent polar event
- Speaking as a Canadian, and no, I do not live in an igloo.
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- aqk
F U
Actually, what is the population of Earth north of 55 degrees (north latitude)? Is there any way to find that statistic?
Nicolas Cage just drove by my house really fast shouting into a cell phone. Should I be concerned?
Well, don't let him in, unless he's brought his brother Faraday along.
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- aqk
F U
Actually, what is the population of Earth north of 55 degrees (north latitude)? Is there any way to find that statistic?
Sure. Take a population density map and consider only the part of it that is north of 55 degrees. Depending on the legend, you may need to determine the land area north of 55 degrees or the total population of the world as well.
i'd hit it so hard, if you pulled me out you'd be the king of britain [bash.org]
I for one welcome our Inspector General non loo inhabitant overlords.
"Good morning, I see the swallows have left early for Godwanaland this year."
"Indeed, and the meerkat breeding grounds are teeming with voles."
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
It's just the Northern Lights, mother.
Option-Shift-K.
It looked more to me like someone in Russia is trying to learn English while drunk.
Free Martian Whores!
Uh, wise teacher could you tell us which part of Mexico is north of 55N?
Thank you Slashdot.
Sincerely,
All your readers outside of polar areas that won't be able to see anything anyway.
I really don't understand why this is insightful. Linux stories aren't helpful to the majority, either.
He said all your [Slashdot's] readers. A large number of those use Linux or are interested in it for some reason or another, like its competitive pressure on Microsoft in some areas like servers. As Slashdot is a primarily American site that still includes members from around the world, and most people don't live 55 or more degrees north, a tiny number of those are going to see this aurora. So you see there is no comparison between Slashdot readers who might read a Linux story versus Slashdot readers who are going to personally witness this event. Nice try but it is you who lacks basic insight in this case.