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Atmospheric Optics
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This is a little different than the normal 'solar' fare, but sunlight playing on water drops, dust or ice crystals in our atmosphere produces a host of visual spectacles - rainbows, halos, glories, coronas and many more. This includes sundogs.
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3-Feb-2002
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Geomagnetic Storms Can Threaten an Electric Power Grid
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The sprawling North American power grid resembles a large antenna, attracting electrical currents induced by giant solar storms. Severe space weather occurring during solar cycles has the potential to cause a large-scale blackout in North America. This is an astronomyLINKS recommended site.
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10-Apr-2001
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Hourly STD DMSP/POLAR Auroral Activity Report
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Maps and images of current and expected auroral activity; updated every 5 minutes. This is an astronomyLINKS recommended site.
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15-Jul-2000
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Solar Storms
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For thousands of years, the aurora borealis or "northern lights" have lit the skies and human imagination with ghostly incandescence. Most often seen in Arctic regions but occasionally visible as far south as the Mediterranean, they have inspired awe, fright and a fair measure of misunderstanding, but they are a natural part of the solar cycle and weather we get in space.
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10-Apr-2001
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Solar Storms and Their Human Impacts
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Information on the damage that can result from severe solar storms to electrical, communication and other equipment.
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10-Apr-2001
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Solar Terrestrial Dispatch Homepage
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Space weather, solar and geophysical support services including space weather hazards and rapid alert notification of pending critical space weather activities.
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13-Apr-2001
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