Solar flare 2011 means spectacular northern lights maybe even in Seattle
The Sun unleashed an M-2 (medium-sized) solar flare, an S1-class radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME) on June 7, 2011. The large cloud of particles mushroomed up and fell back down looking as if it covered an area of almost A solar flare has erupted from the sun in an impressive display [...]