[MIham] Fw: Geomagnetic Storm

[Frank]

Space Weather News for April 5, 2010
http://spaceweather.com

AMAZING LIFTOFF:  This morning, space shuttle Discovery blasted off from 
Cape Canaveral at the crack of dawn.  Longtime shuttle watchers say it was 
one of the most remarkable launches of the 30-year program.  Discovery 
resembled a comet arcing across the sky as sunrise rays played across the 
ship's icy exhaust, creating an artificial noctilucent cloud.  Images and 
eyewitness accounts are featured on today's edition of 
http://spaceweather.com.

GEOMAGNETIC STORM: A sharp gust of solar wind hit Earth's magnetosphere 
today, April 5th, at approximately 0800 UT and sparked the strongest 
geomagnetic storm of the year. The event registered 7 on the 0-to-9 Kindex 
scale of magnetic disturbances. Although the storm is subsiding now, it is 
not over; high-latitude sky watchers should remain alert for auroras. 
Latest images may be found in the gallery: 
http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01apr10_page3.htm

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