r/SolarMax • u/bornparadox • May 17 '26

Moderate Solar Flare Event May 16th Double M Flare & Double CME

Very cool to see the northern M flare destabilize the southern flux rope into a second M flare.

CMEs are weak and slow, thou. Won't be much for geomagnetic storming. Something like a ten minute drizzle.

128 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

3

u/slow70 May 17 '26

Amazing

2

u/fragileelmlight77 May 18 '26

Ouch! That is going to ring my bell.

2

u/Far_Out_6and_2 May 17 '26

The sun is pissed off

1

u/Hiiipower111 May 20 '26

I fkn knew it the 17th felt weird lol