Every second, the Sun ejects 1.5 million tons of material into space at hundreds of miles per second, but Earth's magnetic field protects it from the solar wind.
[🎞️ NASA Goddard]
🔥 Ring of Fire active again today June 30🔥
A noticeable run of earthquakes has been recorded across the Pacific Ring of Fire, with activity reported near Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Japan, Fiji, the Kuril Islands, Taiwan, Alaska and Hawaii.
The strongest listed so far is a magnitude 5.4 earthquake east-southeast of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea, at a depth of around 35 km.
Other notable activity includes:
🌍 M4.9 near Tonga
🌍 M4.8 east of Noda, Japan
🌍 M4.8 south of the Fiji Islands
🌍 M4.6 near Japan
🌍 M4.6 east of the Kuril Islands
🌍 Deep quakes near Fiji and Tonga
🌍 Smaller activity near Alaska and Hawaii
The deeper Fiji and Tonga quakes stand out, with some depths over 500 km, showing movement far below the surface along one of the most active tectonic zones on Earth.
Earthquakes happen daily across the Ring of Fire, but today’s spread from Japan to Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, Alaska and Hawaii adds to an already busy week for global earthquake activity.
We will keep watch and report if and when needed.
#RingOfFire #Earthquake #PapuaNewGuinea #Japan #Tonga #Fiji #Alaska
Can you believe such a big amount of lava can flow this fast?
This iconic video shows Kilauea's fissure 8. No, it has not been sped up and this is the most stunning detail.
[📹 Ken Boyer]
PROMINENCE ERUPTION GALORE: 06/28/26. Big sunspot group AR4478 remains quite, although we maybe waiting for a big solar flare, we could be impacted by a different eruption. Filaments and prominences can if in the right orientation when they erupt, produce significant geo-effective activity. Today at least four filament eruption have occurred producing CMEs, none Earth directed. There is one filament positioned in a geoeffective  posture. (Play the movie) Stay tuned for updates…
The time has come... Will these sunspots awaken or continue to hit Earth with baseload c-class flare activity? The big one in particular (4478) is very close to the ecliptic plane and could give us a wallop (if it so choses).
🚨 Gillette Stadium has now witnessed the famous Viking Row too.
Despite Dembélé's quick hat-trick, Norway fans are still going full force against France.