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the sky above Kiruna on March 7, 2024 in Kiruna, Sweden. The area is widely regarded as one of the best places in the world to see the phenomenon, which occurs when energized particles from the sun hit the Earth's upper atmosphere. A geomagnetic storm caused by a flurry of coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, from the sun in recent days is now underway here at Earth. The result could be radio and power outages and brilliant aurora borealis visible unusually far south.
The agency has also extended its expectation of at least moderate storming to occur on Wednesday and Thursday as well. “Should the forecast conditions occur during the late evening hours, the aurora could become visible as far south as the northeast US through the upper Midwest, and across the rest of the northern states,”, arguably much farther south than they should have been visible. This is due in part to the fact that cameras are able to “see” aurora better than the human eye, so it may be worth trying to look for Northern Lights with your phone rather than your biological retinas.
Behind all this is a whole bunch of sunspot activity on the visible side of the sun facing us. These sunspots throw off solar flares, which are often accompanied by CMEs that trigger the aurora. “Flare probabilities have increased and M-class flares are now expected through most of the week, with a slight chance to chance of X-class activity,” NOAA explained.in nearly two decades erupt from the far side of the sun. The area that generated is now rotating into view to face us, meaning more rough space weather in the coming days.Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations.
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