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Summary: Twisted magnetic fields above sunspot 30 erupted on Thursday, July 18th. The explosion (at 0745 UT) sparked an X2-class solar flare and hurled a faint coronal mass ejection toward Earth. The CME arrived on July 19th and triggered a period of faint high-latitude auroras. |
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Jody
Majko, near Oakburn, Manitoba, Canada July 20 |
#1, #2, #3 | J. Majko captured these blue-green auroras shimmering above the countryside of Manitoba, Canada. "It was a fairly brief storm, but the auroras were awesome," says Jody. "They can seem really bright when you're not surrounded by city lights." |
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Dominic
Cantin, 75 km north of Québec City, Canada July 20 |
#1, #2, #3, #4, more | Note the International Space Station streaking across the sky in image #4. Photo details: 28 mm @ f 2.8, 25 sec exposures, Fuji Superia 800. |
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Philippe
Moussette, St-Elzéar, Québec, Canada July 20 |
#1, #2, more | Photo details: Coolpix 995 digital camera, 25s exposure, 400 asa. |
