Sunday, May 12, 2024

The Sun on May 12, 2024

 After torching off some monster X-Class flares that sparked the most severe geomagnetic storms since 2005, AR 3664 is moving off the Sun’s disk. Auroras were visible a far south as the Florida Keys and even here in Charlotte, although I could not see them from my location. This image is the best 10% of a 1-minute AVI file.





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