# Solar Maximum is here **URL:** \ **Category:** Scuttlebutt\ **Created:** [January 14, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/solar-maximum-is-here/68123 "2024-01-14T20:19:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/solar-maximum-is-here/68123/1 "2024-01-14T20:19:06Z")
> **[Earthlings take note: The sun will be its most active in two decades](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/01/14/solar-max-sun-activity-storms-aurora/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzA1MjA4NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA2NTkwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDUyMDg0MDAsImp0aSI6Ijg5MWRhN2M5LTkwY2ItNGY3ZS1iNWI5LTQxNTg2NTliZWQzOSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjQvMDEvMTQvc29sYXItbWF4LXN1bi1hY3Rpdml0eS1zdG9ybXMtYXVyb3JhLyJ9.AwkjioRtQorxk0T0A1uwGapRb2zQ4y5uTmEL-wKElB4&itid=gfta)** > > A more active Sun will likely bring brilliant northern lights displays to Earth, but also disrupt satellite communications. Will it fry satellites and disturb modern day navigation? Not likely, but it will probably bring some spectacular Aurora pictures, both Borealis and Australis): ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/c/9/c927a226cfe81913b70e7641542f4f5c46f0445c.jpeg) The magnetic solar storm arranged a colourful show of aurora borealis in the night skies of Hyvinka in Southern Finland one early October 2003 morning. (Pekka Sakki/AFP/Getty Images) > [@](#): > > And the upcoming peak should be a decent showing compared with recent cycles. The ramp-up to this “solar maximum” is already stronger than scientists thought, sending impressive punches of solar energy and particles to Earth in 2023 that brought rare aurora sightings to Arizona. It’s already produced more striking solar flares and eruptions than the last solar maximum in 2014. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/solar-maximum-is-here/68123/2 "2024-03-27T13:14:56Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/5/a/5a8359f46e3411c0ff9449e372e331d8f60aea3c.jpeg) Northern lights seen over Salia, Finland, on Sunday. (Alexander Kuznetsov via [SpaceWeather.com](http://SpaceWeather.com)) Lesser known Southern lights seen in NZ: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/8/3/83c96353504609b996f665d31d071aec6316d1d0.jpeg) Aurora seen in the skies over Hoopers Inlet on New Zealand’s Otago Peninsula. (Ian Griffin via [SpaceWeather.com](http://SpaceWeather.com)) > [@](#): > > Skywatchers reported beautiful green, purple and red auroras across Sunday skies in some locations in Europe, New Zealand and parts of the northern United States — at least for a little bit. The auroras, also known as the northern and southern lights, were triggered by the fastest-moving solar storm in at least five years, but dwindled as the geomagnetic activity quickly waned. Free article in WaPo: > **[Fastest-moving solar storm in years triggered beautiful green and purple aurora](https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/03/25/aurora-fast-solar-storm-europe/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzExNDI1NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzEyODA3OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTE0MjU2MDAsImp0aSI6ImY1N2RiOGE2LTJmNDAtNDhkYy1hNGRhLWNjMTBhMWM0MTA5YiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93ZWF0aGVyLzIwMjQvMDMvMjUvYXVyb3JhLWZhc3Qtc29sYXItc3Rvcm0tZXVyb3BlLyJ9.lRrZb3Sa57HQTeY7XNOPO_xOU7P7unP1z0CuMc5zjws&itid=gfta)** > > The storm, rated 4 out of 5, fizzled out before northern lights could shine on the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Lew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lew](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lew)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/solar-maximum-is-here/68123/3 "2024-03-29T07:48:54Z")
A big event yesterday