FARSIDE EXPLOSION CAUSES #RADIATION STORM: Protons are raining down on #Earth today following an explosion on the farside of the sun. It's an S1-class solar radiation storm. The farside blast hurled a magnificent #CME into space, recorded by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO):

Shockwaves in the leading edge of the CME accelerated the protons and scattered them throughout the solar system--even toward Earth on the opposite side of the sun. Our planet's magnetic field is capturing the particles and funneling them toward the poles, where they are causing a polar cap absorption event
X-ray #SolarFlares
6-hr max: M3 1708 UT Sep09
24-hr: M3 1708 UT Sep09

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQ9dAHv5Qw