This is not how sun spots work. You can't compare visuals. Magnetic complexity is most important along with size of the CME or flare and the "directness" of the event towards Earth.

This also completely ignores the severity of the flare. The Carrington flare was likely an X60+ event as best we can tell. May 2024 didn't even reach X10.

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