The X2 flare of Feb. 15, 2011 seen by SDO (in extreme ultraviolet light) enlarged and superimposed on SOHO's coronagraph that shows the faint edge of a "halo" coronal mass ejection as it races away from the Sun. The video covers about 11 hours.
This movie shows you how two of the three instruments observed the X2 solar flare on February 15, 2011.
Sunspot 1158 unleashed the strongest solar flare in more than four years. The eruption, which peaked at 0156 UT on February15th registered X2 on the Richter scale of solar flares.
X-flares are the strongest type of solar flare, and this is the first such eruption of new Solar Cycle 24. In addition to flashing Earth with UV radiation, the explosion also hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) in our direction.
Credit: NASA SDO / Lockheed Martin / Stanford University
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Welcome to Solar Cycle 24!
When I was a teenager, say 1997 or so, I created lots of art and experimental music. The internet was still a pretty new medium and I was researching the most advanced stuff I could find. Accelerated learning,
I studied the Art of Noise theories of futurist Luigi Russolo -- I listened to all the good crazy stuff. Harry Partch, Sonic Youth, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Karl Stockhausen, The Boredoms, Flaming Lips.. I was also deeply into brainwave entrainment ideas. Into lucid dreaming ala Stephen LaBarge. Into solar imagery from (at that time) the new SOHO solar observation satellite. Into the healing potentials of light (Medicine of the future), sounds, and plants.
I creatively synthesized all the information in my mind, into an idea that if the suns light had such a positive effect on our health, the solar flare activity should certainly effect our minds consciousness. I figured it could effect dreams and increase potentials for creativity. And this would be evident in the experimental music I was creating and recording.
I imagined, as teenagers do, of releasing my recordings to the public. But somehow I never got around to it. I did post alot on visual and conceptual art in community forums, but I never shared much of my experimental noise music.
I'd always thought recording under the name "Solar Cycle 24" would be a good idea. It would be relevant until and during the times of 2012.
Fast forward to today, and we just had the first X class Solar Flare of cycle 24! It was an X2.2 which is very massive. It was pointed right at us and is impacting as I type. It was followed by a few M class and C class flares which will be impacting the magnetic feild in the coming days. So the least I can do is start this blog. It will probably be a mix of solar event reporting, creativity, and that noise music if I can get to it!
Go ahead and bookmark, subscribe, and visit often. We'll surf these solar flares and I should post some pretty interesting content. In the mean time, you can monitor the solar activity in real time here http://www.solarcycle24.com/ Thanks for reading!
I studied the Art of Noise theories of futurist Luigi Russolo -- I listened to all the good crazy stuff. Harry Partch, Sonic Youth, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Karl Stockhausen, The Boredoms, Flaming Lips.. I was also deeply into brainwave entrainment ideas. Into lucid dreaming ala Stephen LaBarge. Into solar imagery from (at that time) the new SOHO solar observation satellite. Into the healing potentials of light (Medicine of the future), sounds, and plants.
I creatively synthesized all the information in my mind, into an idea that if the suns light had such a positive effect on our health, the solar flare activity should certainly effect our minds consciousness. I figured it could effect dreams and increase potentials for creativity. And this would be evident in the experimental music I was creating and recording.
I imagined, as teenagers do, of releasing my recordings to the public. But somehow I never got around to it. I did post alot on visual and conceptual art in community forums, but I never shared much of my experimental noise music.
I'd always thought recording under the name "Solar Cycle 24" would be a good idea. It would be relevant until and during the times of 2012.
Fast forward to today, and we just had the first X class Solar Flare of cycle 24! It was an X2.2 which is very massive. It was pointed right at us and is impacting as I type. It was followed by a few M class and C class flares which will be impacting the magnetic feild in the coming days. So the least I can do is start this blog. It will probably be a mix of solar event reporting, creativity, and that noise music if I can get to it!
Go ahead and bookmark, subscribe, and visit often. We'll surf these solar flares and I should post some pretty interesting content. In the mean time, you can monitor the solar activity in real time here http://www.solarcycle24.com/ Thanks for reading!
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