SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 07/07/2026 UPDATED

A MILLION KM OF HOT PLASMA: Sunspot 4482 is performing as expected. On July 7th (1419 UTC), it exploded and hurled a million-kilometer loop of plasma into space. NOAA GOES-19 satellite recorded the M4-class event:

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Atmospheric Optics, halos, sundogs, arcs, Taken by Jeremy Vohwinkle on June 25, 2026 @ North Cascades, Washington, USA

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 07/07/2026

“THE SKY LOOKED ALMOST ALIEN”: Jeremy Vohwinkle was hiking through the North Cascade National Park in Washington on June 25th when something happened overhead. “The sky looked almost alien with the most intense halos and arcs around the sun I’ve seen before,” he says.

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