[MIham] Spherical Camera Photographs the Edge of Space

[Frank]

*Space Weather News for Feb. 29, 2016*
http://spaceweather.com 
<http://Spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&id=a7705b58a4&e=7020769562> 
*SPHERICAL CAMERA AT THE EDGE OF SPACE:* On Feb. 27th, Spaceweather.com 
and the students of Earth to Sky Calculus launched a space weather 
balloon to monitor increasing levels of cosmic rays in the 
stratosphere.  The payload carried something new: a spherical camera.  
Visit Spaceweather.com 
<http://Spaceweather.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&id=d8874dcafd&e=7020769562> 
to view the first interactive 3D images of the edge of space.

*CHANCE OF STORMS: *NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of minor 
geomagnetic storms on March 1st when a solar wind stream is expected to 
hit Earth's magnetic field.  Arctic sky watchers should be alert for 
auroras.