{"id":8811,"date":"2014-09-14T02:46:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T06:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8811"},"modified":"2021-10-02T17:24:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T21:24:52","slug":"sun-stirs-up-geomagnetic-storm-and-brilliant-aurora-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8811","title":{"rendered":"Sun stirs up geomagnetic storm and brilliant aurora on earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The earth has been hit with a couple of large coronal mass ejections (i.e. solar flares) from the sun in the past couple of days and this is creating some spectacular auroral displays.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceweathergallery.com\/index.html?PHPSESSID=vbogqlo4lnf0is58kblis7sid7\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Spaceweather.com Realtime Image Gallery<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; lots of \u00a0beautiful images<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceweather.com\/archive.php?view=1&amp;day=14&amp;month=09&amp;year=2014\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Spaceweather.com &#8211; Sept.14.14<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asc-csa.gc.ca\/eng\/astronomy\/auroramax\/hd-480.asp\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">AuroraMAX \u2013 The Northern Lights Live \u2013 High Definition &#8211; Canadian Space Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/astronomynorth.com\/aurora-forecast\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Aurora Forecast &#8211; Astronomy North<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/news\/n1409\/12solarstorm\/#.VBSbpvldU4I\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar storm&#8217;s impacts to spacecraft should be limited &#8211; Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/spaceweather.com\/archive.php?view=1&amp;day=14&amp;month=09&amp;year=2014\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Spaceweather.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>As predicted, a pair of CMEs hit Earth&#8217;s magnetic field in quick succession on Sept. 11th and 12th. The result was a G3-class geomagnetic storm, the most intense of the year so far. At the peak of the storm on Sept 12-13, bright auroras ringed the Arctic Circle and spilled down over several northern-tier US states.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a great shot by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/117036538031322340488\/posts\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Harald Albrigtsen<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/117036538031322340488\/posts\/C4DFK8QYtpj?pid=6058315811853023714&amp;oid=117036538031322340488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>And here is a photo from &#8221; John Stetson [taken] on September 12, 2014 @ Quaker Ridge, Casco, Maine facing north towards the Presidential Range in [New Hampshire]&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceweathergallery.com\/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=101711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The earth has been hit with a couple of large coronal mass ejections (i.e. solar flares) from the sun in the past couple of days and this is creating some spectacular auroral displays. Spaceweather.com Realtime Image Gallery\u00a0&#8211; lots of \u00a0beautiful images Spaceweather.com &#8211; Sept.14.14 AuroraMAX \u2013 The Northern Lights Live \u2013 High Definition &#8211; Canadian &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8811\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sun stirs up geomagnetic storm and brilliant aurora on earth<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-multiple-media","category-solar-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2i7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15065,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15065","url_meta":{"origin":8811,"position":0},"title":"No spots but the Sun is stormy nonetheless","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The sun has gone spotless for the past seven days:\u00a0Spaceweather.com - Oct.15.2017. 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