Rare Impulsive X-Flare Bombards Earth With X-Ray Radiation | Video
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 10:00
in Astronomy & Space
A quick-peaking X3 flare stitched a rare 'magnetic crochet' in Earth's upper atmosphere, causing a spike in our planet’s magnetic field on 4 November 2013, recorded by Alexander Avtanski’s homemade magnetometer in San Jose, CA, says Spaceweather.com.