[Kazan]

We had another flair this morning - even more powerful than the last.  They do not currently know if it blasted off a CME due to cloud cover at the station that can observe that

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[Fineus]

Can you put a bit more information into this? Otherwise I might as well go and post threads about the local news - it'd make as much sense in a topic.

[Kazan]

thunder this is GLOBAL news - a CME is a Coronal Mass Ejection

A Flare ie a Solar Flare

These have GLOBAL effects
 http://www.spaceweather.com  http://www.noaa.gov/solar.html  http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html

[Fineus]

Don't talk down to me, just post the information or don't start the thread - contrary to popular belief, not everything is totally obvious at first glance, your first post comes under that catagory.

And indeed, thankyou for posting the additional information needed to make it coherent.