NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory snapped this X-ray photo of the Sun early in the morning of Sunday, August 1st. The dark arc near the top right edge of the image is a filament of plasma blasting off the surface -- part of the coronal mass ejection. The bright region is an unassociated solar flare. When particles from the eruption reach Earth on the evening of August 3rd/4th, they may trigger a brilliant auroral display known as the Northern Lights. Credit: NASA
Editor's notes: understand that we might expect to experience problems with our communication systems (including television reception and computer networking) over the next several days. Unusually high solar activity will come and go until 2012, a year in which scientists believe solar activity will be at record levels. READ MORE HERE >>>>
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