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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Dazzling Northern Lights Anticipated Tonight

A solar flare that occurred around 2 a.m. Thursday morning may create a spectacular display of northern lights Saturday evening. The midlevel flare had a long duration and was directed at Earth. According to AccuWeather.com Astronomer Hunter Outten, who stated that this flare was "impressive", these are the best conditions for seeing a direct effect on our planet. On the Kp index, the flare has been categorized at 6 to 8. This is a scale for measuring the intensity of a a geomagnetic storm. The 6 to 8 rating means that the effects of the radiation will have a greater reach.

The radiation from such a flare may cause radio wave disturbances to electronics such as cell phones, GPS and radios, causing services to occasionally cut in and out. While traveling slower than was originally anticipated, the flare effects are moving towards Earth at 1000 km per second. 
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 14, 2013 at 2:10 AM

    Owe'Malley told God he was going to tax the light show so he cancelled it.

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  2. AnonymousApril 14, 2013 at 12:14 PM

    The whole thing was a set up. NASA and Homeland Security was testing a new satellite which was designed to interpret facicial structure and features at night. They needed people to be looking up at night to test it and guess what?

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