Solarwindillustration (IMAGE)

Lancaster University

Solarwindillustration

Caption

Illustration of solar wind streaming from a fuming sun drives auroras bright enough to be seen far from the poles, a dazzling signature of an extreme geomagnetic storm

 

Credit

Nithin Sivadas NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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