Geomagnetic Storm Slams Earth Causing Radio Signal Blackouts
Jun 23, 2015 11:22:28 GMT -6
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NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) said the magnetic storm, which is forecast to hit a "severe" G4 level, slammed into Earth a little before 3 p.m. EDT Monday.
The solar activity is the result of the sun releasing a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which NASA describes as “huge explosions of magnetic field and plasma from the Sun’s corona.”
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a CME June 18, a second on June 19, and then a third on June 21. Energy from the third CME traveled swiftly enough to join the previous two.
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The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks outlines the best chances to see the aurora in North America. (Geophysical Institute/University of Alaska)
Spaceweather.com reports there was a “moderately strong blackout of shortwave and low-frequency radio signals over North America,” and that the Earth’s poles were experiencing a deeper blackout. A blackout map from NOAA shows the reach of the blackouts.
The solar activity is the result of the sun releasing a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which NASA describes as “huge explosions of magnetic field and plasma from the Sun’s corona.”
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a CME June 18, a second on June 19, and then a third on June 21. Energy from the third CME traveled swiftly enough to join the previous two.
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The Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks outlines the best chances to see the aurora in North America. (Geophysical Institute/University of Alaska)
Spaceweather.com reports there was a “moderately strong blackout of shortwave and low-frequency radio signals over North America,” and that the Earth’s poles were experiencing a deeper blackout. A blackout map from NOAA shows the reach of the blackouts.
www.weather.com/science/space/news/geomagnetic-storm-hits-earth-june
