ionizarea / ionization

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The first true geomagnetic storm of Cycle 24 which was caused by an incoming CME and Solar Wind + Southward Bz combo is finally starting to taper off. Minor to Severe storming reaching the G3 level (K-Index=7) took place over the past few days. Many aurora contacts were made on VHF, both in northern Europe and northern parts of North America. The timing of the initial impact was very early in the morning Monday in North America, and because of this the Aurora conditions were not as strong as they could have been. It was a nice treat however.

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INCOMING CME: The solar eruption of August 7th might affect Earth after all. Newly-arriving data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME heading our way with a significant Earth-directed component. Click on the image to launch a "difference movie" of the expanding cloud.The impact of this lopsided CME probably won't trigger a major geomagnetic storm---but the SOHO data show it could be bigger than expected. High latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras when the cloud arrives probably on August 10th