It seems that Sunspot #798 has released some major solar flares in the past few days.
The bad news is this: "the sunspot is just rotating into view, so its energy has been directed sideways and not directly at Earth. In coming days, if more major flares erupt, they'll head right at us and radio blackouts, cell phone dropouts and other communications disruptions are more likely."
The good news is that, thanks to two dachshunds who felt that 0230 was a good time to ask to come out of the crate, I was treated to my own private viewing of the Aurora Borealis this morning.
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Oooh, the aurora!! How beautiful! And how timely of the cuties!
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