"The solar flare that wouldn't end [but did]"

[Delta4Embassy]

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"THE SOLAR FLARE THAT WOULDN'T END: Typical solar flares are finished in a matter of minutes. On Oct. 22nd, a solar flare in the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR2434 lasted for more than 3 hours. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded the eruption:

The peak X-ray intensity of the flare was relatively low. On the Richter Scale of Solar Flares it registered only C4.5. What the flare lacked in amplitude, however, it made up for in longevity. The hours-long blast was powerful and produced a bright CME, shown here billowing away from the sun's southwestern limb:

The CME is not heading directly for Earth. Nevertheless, it does have an Earth-directed component. NOAA forecast models suggest that the cloud will deliver a glancing blow to our planet's magnetic field on Oct. 25th. There is a 50% chance of G1-class geomagnetic storms when it arrives. "

 

[JimBowie1958]

Yeah, it would be cool if we understood how the magnetism of the Sun was generated.

As the Photosphere is doped with carbon particulate and iron vapor, I would suppose these elements are in the Convection zone also. The churning of the massive amounts of a 100k thick layer like that with carbon and iron in it would seem to generate a large electrical current and a resulting magnetic field at some point. Current theory is that the magnetism, not speculating on electricity, is generated in the transition zone between the Convection zone and the Radiative zone.

But why over look the obvious with the Convection zone itself, and the likely interference of the Photosphere that likely inhibits and also boosts the magnetic fields beneath it into the fancy looking magnetic loops we see above the Photosphere?