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Solar Flare Interferes With Radio, But No Big Auroras

Posted by timothy on from the well-that's-no-fun dept.

RedEaredSlider writes "The largest solar flare in several years has disrupted some communications, though it was not in the right position to create auroral displays visible from lower latitudes. The flare, which erupted on Feb. 15, sent what is called a coronal mass ejection, or CME, towards the Earth. A CME is billions of tons of charged particles, mostly protons." Most of the reported disruptions were in China, says the article.

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  1. Auroras reported in Northern Canada by H0p313ss · · Score: 3, Informative

    CBC reports Solar storm delivers auroral show.

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