Spaceweather: Sunspot AR3685 Erupts
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 05/18/2024
STRONG SOLAR FLARE: New sunspot AR3685 erupted today (May 17th at 2108 UT), producing a strong M7-class solar flare. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the explosion.
Southern light Taken by Frédéric Desmoulins on May 11, 2024 @ New Caledonia
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 05/17/2024
RARE SOUTH PACIFIC AURORAS CONFIRM ‘GREAT STORM’: On the south Pacific island of New Caledonia, no one expects to see auroras. Ever. Situated about halfway between Tonga and Australia, the cigar-shaped island is too close to the equator for Northern or Southern Lights. Yet on May 10, 2024, this happened.
