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Polar Flares To Be Visible Tonight
ideaMUX writes "NASA's solar dynamics observatory recently detected an M-class flare hurling a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. The CME is not fully directed toward Earth, but some of the plasma cloud may be visible in the magnetosphere tonight, causing a geomagnetic disturbance and possible aurora. NASA said M-class flares are medium-sized, and can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth's Polar regions. Minor radiation storms sometimes follow M-class flares."
That's an original, I think.
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Thank you Slashdot.
Sincerely,
All your readers outside of polar areas that won't be able to see anything anyway.
Aurora Borealis?
At this time of year?
A this time of day?
In this part of the country?
Localized entirely within your kitchen?
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That's not quite right for this event.
Here's a forecast for tonight's event, it's possible that anyone north of about 55 degrees in North America will get a glimmer.
True, that leaves most of us SOL. But that's why CME events are special -- people who can't normally see the aurora borealis get a chance to view it.
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Guaranteed Plasma Cloud Shot
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...detected an M-class flare...
So...can you live on it?
That only happens like... never!
Sincerely,
Someone from Cleveland (you insensitive clods!)
In Australia, seriously. Aurora Australis is just as beautiful.
Earth has two poles.
Nicolas Cage just drove by my house really fast shouting into a cell phone. Should I be concerned?
Am I the only one who read that as "Polar Bears To Be Visible Tonight" and thought, "Holy crap, they're usually invisible?!?"
The OP mentioned "North America". Incredible as it seems, there's this country in North America to the north of the US with 35 million people in it that might want to see this event. Remarkably, this story is relevant for them.
Your point is valid, but the vast majority of Canadians live south of 55 degrees north. Calgary is 51 degrees, and even Edmonton is only just over 53 degrees...
Nope. I generally do pretty well here in NE Montana.
This shot, and this one, are aurora photos from the CME event last week.
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
I had a bipolar flare-up and tossed a chair.
Table-ized A.I.
Sometimes I think that troll is a weird form of eliza trainer, trying to produce comprehensible posts based on slashdot post histories. Clearly a non-starter unless you've been drinking sterno. Alternatively, it could be some form of encoded data, posted in a public forum and cleverly disguised as an asshat. /tinfoilhat
As to the light show, wish I could see it.
-1 raving lunatic; +6 subGenius... Things even out...