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SPACEWEATHER: Unexpected Auroras 12/17/2024

Red aurora visible to the eye, Taken by Sacha Layos on December 17, 2024 @ Fairbanks, AK (Source: Spaceweather.com Realtime Image Gallery)

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 12/17/2024 UPDATED

UNEXPECTED CME IMPACT: A CME was supposed to narrowly miss Earth today. Instead, it delivered a direct hit. The impact on Dec. 17th (0519 UT) sparked a G1-class geomagnetic storm with bright auroras over Alaska:

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SPACEWEATHER: Far Side Explosions and Unexpected Geomagnetic Storm

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SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 12/17/2024

THE FARSIDE OF THE SUN IS ACTIVE: Over the past week, three halo CMEs have exploded from the farside of the sun. Here is the latest on Dec. 15th. We can’t see what’s back there, but it is probably a large sunspot group crackling with activity. The sun’s rotation will turn it toward Earth next week.

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