~Space Weather Update~ One Leaving, One Arriving~
MORNING SKY SHOW: Jupiter and Venus are converging in the morning sky for a beautiful conjunction that appears in the east just before sunrise. Check the realtime photo gallery for snapshots from around the world--and set your alarm for dawn.
AURORA SURPRISE: July 9th began with a brief but beautiful display of auroras over North America. "I had gone out to search for noctilucent clouds, but instead I found these Northern Lights," says Robert Snache of Rama First Nation, Ontario:
The source of the display was not an explosion on the sun, but rather a fluctuation in the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). The IMF near Earth tipped south, briefly opening a crack in our planet's magnetosphere. Solar wind poured in and ignited the lights.
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