STEREO Satellites Spot Solar Flare Tsunami 89
westtxfun writes "The STEREO satellites recently confirmed the existence of solar mega-tsunamis when they captured height data after a sunspot recently erupted. The scale of this tsunami literally dwarfs the Earth's diameter — it was 62,000 miles high and raced across the surface at 560,000 mph! STEREO A and B orbit 90 degrees apart and luckily, one was overhead while the other saw the eruption on the limb. This gave NASA scientists enough data to confirm the tsunami wasn't a shadow, solving a modern solar mystery. The images are simply stunning, to boot."
Re:Surf's up (Score:2, Insightful)
The average IQ of a moderator these days sits somewhere between a sea sponge and a dog turd.
They really thought it might be a shadow? (Score:4, Insightful)
FTA:
"We wondered," recalls Gurman, "is that a wave—or just a shadow of the CME overhead?"
Really? They thought it was a shadow? And what pray-tell would be shining brightly enough from above the CME material, to cast a shadow onto the surface of the Sun?
They didn't really think that through, did they?
Re:They really thought it might be a shadow? (Score:5, Insightful)
In any event, this was a comment made by a project scientist - a solar physicist - someone who probably knows more about the subject than you or I.
Improved Long Distance Radio Propagation? (Score:3, Insightful)
For the sake of us amateur radio operators, I sure hope so. HF DX has sucked for the last few years.