Feb 22, 200610:59 AMThe Life

Fingers crossed for a geomagnetic storm

Feb 22, 2006 - 10:59 AM
courtesy of NOAA SECAccording to SpaceWeather.com, the folks in Alaska have recently experienced some great Northern Lights:

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Even though the activity has subsided, Earth remains inside a high-speed solar wind stream, so another good gust could trigger more.

See if the auroras are headed our way by keeping an eye on (and clicking) that automatically-updating plot of the auroral oval power flux (courtesy Space Environment Center).

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