(10-01-2011, 03:34 AM)Meerie Wrote: Could anyone translate these diagrams into words?the solar flare (Coronal Mass Ejection) comes from the left. when that happens the magnetic field around home (blue and red lines in the first graphic) move inwards, as an elastic material. that means that the influence of the solar radiation is felt down here much closer (that's not good for anything dependent or affected by huge magnetic fields, from living creatures to any kind of radio signals). the others graphic are a different point of view or a different parameter of observation/measurement for the same CME. there's an animated gif in other thread, im finding it.
Much appreciated!
And I am getting a weird headache right now. Could that be linked to that increasing pressure?
here's the animation Pickle posted; you'll get it pretty easy watching it:
http://www.bring4th.org/forums/showthrea...8#pid55718