METEOR SMOKE
C-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: On July 6th, Earth-orbiting satellites detected a C1-class solar flare: image.
The source appears to be a new active region, probably a sunspot,
hiding just behind the sun's eastern limb. Because the explosion was
partially eclipsed by the edge of the sun, it was likely stronger than
it appeared to be. Stay tuned for updates as the sun's rotation turns
the blast site toward Earth for a better view this weekend. Free: Aurora Alerts.
METEOR SMOKE MAKES STRANGE CLOUDS: High
above Earth, glowing clouds of frosted meteor smoke are spilling over
populated areas of the USA and Europe. "Last night, for the first time
this summer, noctilucent clouds
stretched across our whole sky," reports Danish observer Pernille
Fjeldgaard Jensen. "Some of the clouds looked like silver corkscrews
spiraling their long arms towards us."
"It was a fantastic display," says Jensen, who took this picture from Denmark's Lille Vildmose Wild Life Park.
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