[FOTZeiss] Aurora Alert: Magnificent Solar Flare on June 7th

[Glenn A. Walsh]

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--- On Tue, 6/7/11, SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com> wrote:

> From: SpaceWeather.com <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Subject: Magnificent Solar Flare on June 7th
> To: "SpaceWeather.com" <swlist at spaceweather.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 12:47 PM
> Space Weather News for June 7, 2011

> http://spaceweather.com
> 
> MAGNIFICENT ERUPTION: This morning around 0641 UT, magnetic
> fields above sunspot complex 1226-1227 became unstable and
> erupted. The blast produced an M2-class solar flare, an
> S1-class radiation storm, and a massive CME. A recording of
> the blast from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory ranks as
> one of the most beautiful and dramatic movies of the SDO
> era.  Must-see movies at http://spaceweather.com 
> 
> AURORA WATCH: High-latitude sky watchers in both
> hemispheres should be alert for auroras during the late
> hours of June 8th or 9th when a CME from today's eruption
> could deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field.
> Aurora alerts are available from http://spaceweatherphone.com (voice) or http://spaceweathertext.com (text).
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