[SMCARA] Exploding Arctic Meteor Turns Night into Day

[JD Delancy]

Exploding Arctic Meteor Turns Night into Day
A meteoroid exploded over the Arctic Circle on Nov. 16th, wiping out the 
aurora borealis and turning the midnight sky blue.

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*METEOR EXPLODES OVER THE ARCTIC:* On the evening of Nov. 16th, a 
meteoroid ripped through the atmosphere over the Arctic Circle and 
exploded. The resulting fireball wiped out the aurora borealis, cast 
shadows, and turned the night sky blue. Visit Spaceweather.com 
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to see a movie of the explosion, captured accidentally by an automated 
aurora skycam in northern Finland.

*SOLAR WIND, INCOMING:* Today, a hole in the sun's atmosphere is facing 
Earth. The emerging stream of solar wind could reach our planet as early 
as Nov. 19th, with G1-class geomagnetic storms possible on Nov. 20th. 
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*Above:* The blinding flash from an exploding meteor turned the night 
sky of arctic Finland blue on Nov. 16, 2017. Visit Spaceweather.com 
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to see the movie.