[ARRL-OK] FW: Complex Eruption on the Sun Sends CME toward Earth

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

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> Subject: Complex Eruption on the Sun Sends CME toward Earth
> Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:09:28 -0500
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> Space Weather News for August 1, 2010
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> GLOBAL ERUPTION: During the early hours of August 1st, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory recorded a complex global disturbance on the Earth-facing side of the sun. Most of the sun's northern hemisphere was involved in the event, which included a long-duration C3-class solar flare, a "solar tsunami," and a massive filament eruption. As a result of these blasts, a coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading toward Earth. High-latitude geomagnetic storms and auroras are possible when the cloud arrives a few days hence. Check http://spaceweather.com for movies and updates.
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