04-17-2007, 01:29 PM
As per above reports, we might not always be so lucky.
In 2003 something similar happened, but fortunately earth just received just a fraction of the flare.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The associated coronal mass ejection (CME) came out of the Sun's surface at about 2,300 kilometres per second (8.2 million km/h). <b>Only part of the CME was directed towards Earth</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3251481.stm
<img src='http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39533000/gif/_39533355_solar_flare_416.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
In 2003 something similar happened, but fortunately earth just received just a fraction of the flare.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The associated coronal mass ejection (CME) came out of the Sun's surface at about 2,300 kilometres per second (8.2 million km/h). <b>Only part of the CME was directed towards Earth</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3251481.stm
<img src='http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39533000/gif/_39533355_solar_flare_416.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
