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ID 498: Sun: Iron Wavelength (AIA 193)

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ID 279: Sun: STEREO/SDO (ionized helium) - Real-time

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ID 267: Sun: Historical Solar Flare - 2003

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ID 427: Earth's Magnetic Declination

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ID 379: Aurora

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#>---This is STEVE, He’s from Outer Space--- 
#>Citizen scientists participating in a project called "Aurorasaurus," discovered a purplish ribbon of light they named Steve. The purple and green lights are now referred to as Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement (STEVE), and are a phenomenon similar to their more well-known cousins Aurora Borealis and Australis. The primary sources of space weather are solar flares and associated solar coronal mass ejections. These eruptive events on the sun release photons and energetic particles that collide with Earth and its protective magnetic field, or magnetosphere. When a coronal mass ejection reaches Earth, it energizes the electrons and protons in the magnetosphere and accelerates them down the magnetic field lines to regions near the North and South poles where the electrons and protons collide with oxygen and nitrogen in Earth’s upper atmosphere. This process excites atoms and molecules which then release visible light in the polar sky called the aurora. 
#>Observing the aurora is one of the only ways that we can directly experience space weather. The configuration of the Earth’s magnetic field makes it so aurora borealis and australis (northern and southern lights) are most easily observed in polar regions. However, in the rare case of an intense solar storm, the aurora can be seen almost to the equator. 
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#>(Q?) What is space weather? What causes auroras? Can we predict solar flares or solar wind? What other effects do space weather have here on Earth?
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#>---(1) Sun Iron Wavelength AIA---
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#>These images of the sun from September, 2011 were taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and show sun spots and solar activity as bright active regions.
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#>---(2) Sun: STEREO/SDO (ionized helium) - Real-time---
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#>This dataset shows the sun in near-real-time (up until within a week ago), and shows sun spots and solar activity as bright active regions.
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#>---(3) Historical Solar Flare 2003---
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#>A series of coronal mass ejections in 2003 caused serious interference with satellite communications, the power grid in Sweden, and caused many auroras.
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#>---(4) Earth's Magnetic Declination---
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#>Earth's magnetic field plays a strong role in how the space weather affects the Earth system. Looking at this dataset helps you become aware of how the Earth's magnetic field changes over time.
#>---(5) Aurora---
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#>This model shows where the aurora was expected to occur during storms that happened in the fall of 2012. STEVE often occurs farther south than normal auroras, and can sometimes be seen from southern Canada.