~Space Weather Update~ Quiet
CHANCE OF AURORAS: NOAA forecasters estimate a 30% chance of minor geomagnetic storms on Jan. 30th in response to a possible glancing blow from a coronal mass ejection (CME). The CME is from last Friday's off-center X-flare. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras. Aurora alerts: text, voice.
On Jan. 28th, pilot Brian Whittaker was flying 34,000 feet over Greenland when he saw the Moon shining down on a vibrant blanket of auroras:
"Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon were lined up just above the auroras," says Whittaker. "It was a very pretty scene."
more images: from Peter Rosen of Abisko, Sweden; from Dionys Moser of Tromsö, Norway; from Arild Heitmann of Sandstrand, Troms, Norway
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