Current Views of the Sun and the Aurora |
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An image of the Sun's invisible outer layers (He I at 1083.0 nm), July 3, 2008 17:22 UT. Courtesy of the National Solar Observatory/Kitt Peak, NOAO. |
Signal light reflects the general level of space weather disturbance near Earth. (Click on the signal light for more details on how the disturbance level is determined.) |
Earth's aurora viewed with the Visible Imaging System onboard the Polar spacecraft. This is the best of yesterday's images--current views are also available. Courtesy of Dr. Louis A. Frank and Dr. John B. Sigwarth at University of Iowa and NASA |
| The official Spaceweather Outlook and a detailed Report of Solar/Geophysical Activity are available from the Space Environment Center at NOAA | ||
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