A plasma cloud from the Sun will hit Earth tomorrow at midday.
Yesterday's early data from the CCOR-1 coronagraph were confirmed today by LASCO, the world's leading solar coronagraph: the X1.95 flare was accompanied by a large plasma ejection aimed directly at Earth. The video attached to this post, obtained by LASCO, shows the solar vicinity immediately after the flare. The plasma cloud appears as an expanding ball of gas hurtling toward the observer. To give an idea of the scale, the Sun at the center is 1.5 million kilometers in diameter.
Another video shows a calculated model of matter motion. The main image is a top-down view of the planetary plane. The Sun is located at the center; Earth is the green circle to the right of the Sun. The additional image is a side view of Earth. The plasma cloud's estimated arrival time is midday Moscow time.
The impact on Earth will be accompanied by strong geomagnetic disturbances of up to G4 level. The probability of magnetic storms of the highest level, G5, is approximately 10%. On the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, exceptionally strong auroras are expected, signs of which, preliminarily, can be observed across almost the entire territory of the country.
Laboratory of Solar Astronomy,SRI RAS
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