Jeepers Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 If anyone is still up, the Northern Lights are very active right now. https://explore.org/livecams/aurora-borealis-northern-lights/northern-lights-cam Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I miss seeing them occasionally. Rarely in Iowa but I remember where we stood, gazing in wonder during childhood. Often when DH and I lived in the woods in Duluth, MN. They are quite a beautiful wonder! MtRider ......uh, does that mean we have solar activity? Going towards solar minimum [least solar activity in 11 yr cycles].... Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 So.....solar activity and auroras are or are not connected? This is a startling article at first glance. But then again, mebbe not. [Note: haven't verified if this is legit reporting or not.....AND I think it's difficult to understand what this article is saying/ I need more science for this.] https://www.jewsnews.co.il/2018/03/08/a-massive-geomagnetic-storm-is-going-to-hit-earth-on-march-18th.html This is a site I like to read. SpaceWeather. com.... Reporting on the absence of sun spots right now. This was for today: 3/9/2018 http://www.spaceweather.com/ " Periods of spotlessness are a normal part of the 11-year solar cycle. However, the current Solar Minimum may be remarkable as the ambient solar wind and its magnetic field are weakening to low levels never before seen in the Space Age. The flagging pressure of the solar wind, in turn, is allowing more cosmic rays to penetrate the solar system. These rays are being detected not only by NASA spacecraft in the Earth-Moon system, but also by space weather balloons in Earth's atmosphere. Read "The Worsening Cosmic Ray Situation" to learn more about this phenomenon. " [bold is mine] Does that mean the cosmic rays are leaking out from our sun and trailing out into space at ...us? MtRider ...interesting tho Quote Link to comment
Ambergris Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 No, it means the sun is not pushing cosmic rays away from us as hard as usual. Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Hmmm....how DO they figure these things out?? Are we a little more in favor of using sun screen then? MtRider Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 I don't know how it works. I just know the sun is involved. I THOUGHT it was solar flares causing it. They were beautiful again last night. Quote Link to comment
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