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I browsed through the latest #eclipsed magazine yesterday, and it had plenty of good stuff again. Reviews of new albums included #DilemmaBand, #MileMarkerZero, #Lizzard, #Opeth, #OceansOfSlumber. Also, it had a shopping list* for #CrippledBlackPhoenix #CBP.

*their shopping list is a two-page section where they go through a band's entire back catalogue, including a short review of each release, and categorize them as "must buy", "should buy", "can buy", "better not buy".

The latest #Spaceweather update from Spaceweather.com

"Because the sunspot is behind the edge of the solar disk, the flare was partially #eclipsed. It was probably even stronger than it appeared. 'X8.7' is almost certainly an underestimate of the flare's true strength.

"Extreme ultraviolet radiation from the flare ionized the top of Earth's atmosphere, causing a deep shortwave #RadioBlackout over the Americas. Ham radio operators, aviators and mariners may have noticed a sudden loss of signal at all frequencies below 30 MHz.

"Subatomic debris from this event might soon reach Earth, guided toward our planet by the #ParkerSpiral. Also, a #CME might be in the offing. Stay tuned for updates!

"EARTH IS CONNECTED TO SUNSPOT AR3664: Giant sunspot AR3664 is no longer facing Earth. That makes it extra dangerous. The #Carrington-class sunspot is passing over the sun's western limb--a region of the sun that is magnetically connected to our planet. Indeed, we are feeling the effects of that connection right now.

"What's causing this? Protons accelerated by solar flares in the magnetic canopy of #AR3664 are following the #ParkerSpiral back to Earth. Think of it as a magnetic superhighway. The arriving particles are funneled by our planet's magnetic field toward the poles where they ionize the atmosphere and interfere with the normal transmission of shortwave radio."

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