Solar Flare Surprise: Pure Hydrogen Shot at Earth


	Solar Flare Surprise: Pure Hydrogen Shot at Earth

Rashid Malik

12-18-2008 7:11 AM

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12-18-2008 8:27 AM

debbyski

Good to see you again Rashid! I missed you!

12-18-2008 8:39 AM

Rashid Malik

Yeah same here! Its always refreshing to be in your company. I am usually busy with my job, so its difficult to visit my dear friend at clipmarks.

12-18-2008 8:56 AM

debbyski

The workforce has been really busy for me too lately Rashid; Merry Christmas.

12-18-2008 9:08 AM

Rashid Malik

Merry Christmas to you too. A lovely time of year, indeed. Wishing you all the happiness you can handle. Wish we could have celebrated the occasion together! (But heart and soul will be with you, throughout).

12-18-2008 9:22 AM

debbyski

Thank you so much Rashid

May the New Year only bring you goodness . . .

12-18-2008 10:17 AM

Rashid Malik

Same for you too, dearest!

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surprising solar flare sent a stream of pure hydrogen at Earth.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/081216-st-solar-flare-surprise.html"><SPAN>"We've
detected a stream of perfectly intact hydrogen atoms shooting out of an X-class
solar flare," said researcher Richard Mewaldt of Caltech. "If we can
understand how these atoms were produced, we'll be that much closer to
understanding solar flares."</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/081216-st-solar-flare-surprise.html"><SPAN>Solar
flares occur when the <A href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070321_solarb_update.html">sun's
twisted magnetic fields</A> suddenly release their stored energy. The <A href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/081107-new-sunspots.html">energy
jolts</A> are classified into three categories, with X-class solar flares being
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occurred on Dec. 5, 2006, when a large sunspot rounded the sun's eastern limb
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flares, which ranks X1 as a big event, the blast registered X9, making it one
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