If you experience any disruption of your satellite TV service this evening, the culprit may not be your satellite provider. A solar tsunami is heading toward earth after a major eruption took place on the sun. The flare up is expected to dump plasma junk and gunk right towards earth and could have a disruptive force on transmissions.

Over at Fox News the article also states that:

Views of aurorae are usually associated with Canada and Alaska, but even skywatchers in the northern U.S. mainland are being told they can look toward the north Tuesday and Wednesday evenings for rippling “curtains” of green and red light.

When a coronal mass ejection reaches Earth, solar particles stream down our planet’s magnetic field lines toward the poles. In the process, the particles collide with atoms of nitrogen and oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere, which then glow, creating an effect similar to miniature neon signs.

The interaction of the solar particles with our planet’s magnetic field has the potential to create geomagnetic storms, or disturbances in Earth’s magnetosphere. And while aurorae are normally visible only at high latitudes, they can light up the sky even at lower latitudes during a geomagnetic storm.

The solar particles could also affect satellites, though scientists think that possibility is remote. Orbital Sciences Corp. believe a similar blast may have been knocked is Galaxy 15 satellite permanently out of action.

I hope this solar flare up doesn’t block out my favorite shows this evening. Oh, that’s right. I don’t have any favorite shows on the tube. LOL

Comments welcome.

Source – Fox News