The sun goes on an 11-year cycle of burping-up electromagnetic particles. The ham radio people love it, because propagation is good at the "peak" of one of these cycles. And we're at the peak now. So, just sit back and enjoy the show!
I'm not positive but have reason to believe there are also larger cycles. Like over longer periods of time the sun increases and decreases in output on top of these short(er) 11yr cycles. Think 11yrs ago when we were at the previous solar maximum, did we have auroras like this? No.
Carrington event was in the 1800s and that was a huge solar storm, much bigger than we have now. I remember hearing a bit over 14k yrs ago we had an even bigger event that was at least 10x Carrington level.
In some old books about electricity (early 1900s) I read that there were records of solar storms in the middle ages, st elmos fire would be visible on the steeples of churches and even on the end of knights lances.
I don't know the exact patterns, but this 11yr cycle is stronger than last, that one was stronger than the one before, and next will likely be even stronger than this one.
The sun goes on an 11-year cycle of burping-up electromagnetic particles. The ham radio people love it, because propagation is good at the "peak" of one of these cycles. And we're at the peak now. So, just sit back and enjoy the show!
I'm not positive but have reason to believe there are also larger cycles. Like over longer periods of time the sun increases and decreases in output on top of these short(er) 11yr cycles. Think 11yrs ago when we were at the previous solar maximum, did we have auroras like this? No.
Carrington event was in the 1800s and that was a huge solar storm, much bigger than we have now. I remember hearing a bit over 14k yrs ago we had an even bigger event that was at least 10x Carrington level.
In some old books about electricity (early 1900s) I read that there were records of solar storms in the middle ages, st elmos fire would be visible on the steeples of churches and even on the end of knights lances.
I don't know the exact patterns, but this 11yr cycle is stronger than last, that one was stronger than the one before, and next will likely be even stronger than this one.
Mmmmmmno.
What's going on is way bigger than the earth...or the sun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iQYkuhiDtI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HxRGvKB71E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0z7YRgBgrw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7PceycgJg
https://helioforecast.space/solarcycle