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Joined May 2013
🌌 Wanneer het #noorderlicht met de telefoon (onbewerkt) zo vast te leggen is... en groene banden in het zuiden hangen. Een waanzinnige avond!
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#noorderlicht in Volendam. Machtig mooi
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Het Noorderlicht boven het Enters Reggedal. #noorderlicht #Enter #natuurfoto #natuurverschijnsel
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May 10, 2024 22:45 やばいやばい、真南 iPhone 12 mini Lumby, BC
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A bright Kreutz sungrazing comet is approaching the Sun. The comet made me think of C/2011 N3 that visible in EUV SDO images ~ 2011 July 5-6. It may peak around the same level of brightness or a little brighter? I expect the comet to enter C2 ~ 2 UT of July 13, perihelion ~8 UT
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What questions do you have about the Sun? ☀️ Reply with your questions & our scientists will answer as many as possible! #AroundTheSolarSystem
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This X2.2-flare is from region 2992, which is occulted right now as it disappears off the #Sun's west limb. Likely, the actual flare was even larger than an X2! If this keeps up, we might see some amazing #solarstorms launched on the farside of the #Sun in coronagraphs this week!
Wow! Big X-class solar flare right now!!
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The Sun sends salutations 🌞 On Saturday, April 16, the Sun emitted a powerful burst of energy, an X-1 solar flare. Flares and solar eruptions can sometimes impact radio communications, electric power grids, and navigation signals: go.nasa.gov/3JNDCnz
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And by magic the clouds parted 🤣 @chunder10 @mracole1977
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#Comet Lovejoy, also known as the one who lost its tail, can be seen fairly well through telescopes (By H. Koberger)
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I'd use the term "survive" kinda loosely here... 😅 I think "dragged its rapidly decaying body through perihelion and limped off to die in a dark and lonely cave" is a better description of events... 😬 but it sure was an amazing event to witness! ☀️☄️🪦 xitter.cf/TrygvePrestgard/status…
Exactly a decade ago, we learned that C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) survived its solar encounter! It is the first Kreutz-group comet to survive perihelion since 1970, and is currently the second brightest comet of the 21st century!😃
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the first images of COR2 where we see the CME that generated the M1.6 class flare the AR2882. @TamithaSkov
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Strong M4.79 flare from sunspot region 12860 Follow live on spaceweather.live/l/flare
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The coronal mass ejection from today's M4.9 solar flare can be called nothing else than a disappointment. The CME is faint, slow and mostly aimed southwards. We expect little or no effects from it once if it arrives at our planet. More M-class events from 2860 remain possible.
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A southern hemisphere coronal hole is facing Earth. Enhanced solar wind could arrive in ~3 days - Follow live on spaceweather.live/l/ch
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Woohoo!! Finally caught the Aurora in Northern Alberta this morning May15!! Lac la Biche is amazing! #Aurora #TeamTanner @treetanner @TamithaSkov @chunder10 @NightLights_AM @AngryTheInch @TheUmno @scottrockphoto @saloplarus @mikesobel @weathernetwork @LLBtourism @MatthewCappucci
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A transequatorial coronal hole is facing Earth. Enhanced solar wind could arrive in ~3 days - Follow live on spaceweather.live/l/ch
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Venus and Mercury visible on SOHO LASCO C3 with some coronal mass ejection #CME action!
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