Aurora Taken by Jeremy Rogers on August 28, 2024 @ Pawnee National Grasslands, Weld County, Colorado (Spaceweather.com)
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SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: AUGUST 29, 2024
CATCHING A CME BY THE TAIL: CMEs have tails, and they can be very good at whipping up geomagnetic storms. Consider this week’s example. On Aug. 27th, a seemingly feeble CME hit Earth’s magnetic field. At first, nothing happened. Then, on Aug. 28th, Earth encountered the CME’s tail and a G2-class storm erupted:
