Solar Wind Arrives

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Solar Wind Arrives

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The expected fast flowing solar wind has arrived, sparking aurora and twitching magnetometers around the globe, including my own here in the north west of England.
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The effects are quite weak currently. We'll see what happens over the coming days.

Thanks for looking.

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Post by Montana »

Glad you captured it Stu :hamster: I got an alert and as usual the rain was lashing at the windows :(
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Good result, I saw lots of aurora pictures oop norf of the aurora from last night.


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Many thanks, Alexandra/Mark.

....and the solar wind continues to blow....
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Stu
i got notice we are in one now 3/27
mag is in run mode


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