Friday, September 8, 2017

The Sun 09/08/17

AR2673 is moving off the sun's disk, still crackling with potential X-Class flares. Folks in Northern Europe, Canada, and maybe the upper-tier US states might be in for a treat tonight as strong G-3 Class and severe G-4 Class geomagnetic storms are pummeling the Earth right now. Very bright displays have been reported in Scandinavia.



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