Hello "mt" and List, Sky & Telescope, July 1981, p. 86: April's Intense Auroral Display
On April 10th, at about 16:55 Universal time, the Sun spewed a solar flare from a region near the center of' its disk. It was a modest flare by solar standards, but the high-energy electrons and protons it sent speeding out into the planetary system were on a collision course with Earth. Their arrival some 58 hours later was nothing short of spectacular, producing an aurora reported => as far south as the Mexican border and Florida. <= The associated geomagnetic storm was more intense than any since those resulting from the great solar Flares of August, 1972. ------------------------- Best pre-Xmas wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
