The magnetometer located in Dourbes shows that there is a geomagnetic storm going on.
Moreover, the geomagnetic storm is felt on a planetary level. |
The satellite GOES counts the number of protons that fly through a surface (a span of cm²) per
second. The satellite orbits the Earth outside the magnetosphere of the Earth. |
This SOHO/LASCO picture shows the space around the Sun. The sun is behind the
circular occulter. If the sun would not be occulted, the surrounding space
would be overwhelmed by the sunlight and as such not visible. SOHO/LASCO creates an artificial eclipse.
The solar mass that is ejected this morning is visible as the white structure that comes from behind the occulter in the top right. |