Last night there was an unexpected geomagnetic storm on the Sun, which apparently caused these intense streaks of light to be seen in the sky. New and strange things are happening every day now, and lately we've been getting storms that aren't predicted.
Usually these storms are preceded by a CME and can be predicted, but lately a few of them have had no accompanying CME, and have taken scientists by surprise. One of my favorite sayings these days is "Scientists are scrambling." Indeed. As I've been saying, the Sun is going berserk right now.
These streaks of light are wild. They were seen last night in several places in the US and Canada. The official explanation is that they're a phenomenon called a "STEVE," or Strong Thermal Emmision Velocity Enhancement, that occur during solar storms. Some people don't think that's what these are, but whatever they are they're rare.
One guy said that these streaks are from the launches of a new type of Chinese rocket. To me that seems very doubtful, unless they've been launching rockets all over the world. It seems very unlikely that they could freely launch rockets over the US willy nilly.
This was picked up last night on the LASCO C-3 satellite. It almost looks like the tail of a gigantic comet, only there's no comet. I've been looking at these satellite images since 2016 and I've seen Sun-diving comets, weird shadows, strange eclipses and things like that but I've never seen anything like this.
It's not a glitch or camera anomaly...they're adamant about the fact that these instruments are calibrated constantly. Whatever this is it's massive. The white circle represents the Sun. Over 100 Earths can fit across the Sun. This thing is at least as big as a dozen or so Earths.
This is why it's so interesting to look at these satellite images. Occasionally we see things that can't be explained by normal means. I'd sure love to know what caused this. Stay tuned, and eyes to the sky.
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