Sun wakes up from sleep
Sun wakes up from sleep for busiest sunspot cycle in years and threatens to disrupt Earth communications and power.
This astonishing sequence of images shows a dramatic ‘flare’ bursting out from the sun which could affect satellite communications and power supplies here on Earth. The spectacular development unleashed a radiation firestorm on a level not seen for five years which is expected to cause a ‘moderate’ geomagnetic storm when it reaches Earth.
