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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 9460528" data-attributes="member: 92282">Scientists around the world will be watching closely as three eruptions from the Sun reach the Earth over Thursday and Friday.          These "coronal mass ejections" will slam into the Earth's magnetic shield.         The waves of charged solar particles are the result of three  solar flares directed at Earth in recent days, including the most  powerful since 2006.         The biggest flares can disrupt technology, including power grids, communications systems and satellites.         The northern lights (Aurora Borealis) may also be visible  further south than is normally the case - including from northern parts  of the UK.         "Our current view is that the effect of the solar flare is  likely to reach Earth later today (Thursday GMT), possibly tomorrow  morning," said Alan Thomson, head of geomagnetism at the British  Geological Survey (BGS).<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/02/17/article-1357896-0D3C5DE1000005DC-511_964x835.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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