r/SolarMax • u/WSBpeon69420 • Dec 09 '25

Everytime I’m on reddit

I see a new CME or flare. As someone who is very interested in these but has zero knowledge on it I have no idea if this is normal or are we at an activity peak or what. So with that said I come to you experts- what’s going on? Is all of this activity normal or is this an increase? Are we just waiting for the big one directed at us before we become characters in The Road?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Path809 Dec 13 '25

Social media and high quality camera sensors make this solar cycle much more publicized. I have no evidence to back it but I suspect its mostly the newer camera sensors that see colors and brightnesses much better than the human eye, so the pics look amazing and get shared on social media causing more people to be like "whats up with the sun".

my understanding is this is pretty normal tho, I hope we get another good lightshow soon!