1/23/2012 — Earth directed — Large CME (coronal mass ejection) and Solar flare erupt from sun —

Watch the video here:

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As if this week wasn’t shaping up to be busy enough with the current earthquake threat, and severe weather developments.

This may cause communication disruption (satellite) — power grid disruption, and magnetosphere stress — which can then cause earthquakes and severe weather as a result of the interaction. Possible large development of Aurora Borealis further south than normal.

Here are several links to monitor this solar flare and CME (coronal mass ejection):
check out these youtube video makers who cover solar events :

http://www.youtube.com/astrotometry

http://www.youtube.com/weatherornut

link from Cornell explaining the effects of solar flares:

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=308

link explaining the types of solar flares and how they are classifed:

http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html

download these files directly from the SDO website:

http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/wwv.txt

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/RSGA.html

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/drap/index.html

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ElecPower/

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/radio/

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/SWN/

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/elec_3d.html

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/pro_3d.html

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/mag_3d.html

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/tiger/

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/SGAS.html

http://www.satellite-links.co.uk/

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/stp.html

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/stp.html

http://www.spacewx.com/

http://www.spacew.com/content2.html

http://www.spacew.com/www/realtime.php

http://www.ips.gov.au/

http://www.ips.gov.au/HF_Systems/6/9/1

http://www.ips.gov.au/HF_Systems/7/1

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/spaceweather/

http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/UPOS/FAC/latest/