As the Sun Turns: Solar Minimums and Maximums

[Maria]

Another glorious aurora by Wayne Roberts on November 16, 2014 @ 28 f2 nikon

[Maria]

Look at this glorious aurora in Canada due to solar winds:

Taken by Robert Postma on December 7, 2014 @ Old Crow, Yukon, Canada

[Maria]

http://www.solarham.net/globald.htm - Global D-Layer Absorption
http://www.solarham.net/xray.htm - solar flares

Use the above solar maps as the noaa sites are temporarily down.

[Maria]

NOAA is back on line with a general index.

Here are some popular graphs:

GLOBAL WRAP X-RAY FLUX (Absorption at 5 MHz) + shows proton bombardment
http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/dr ... global.png

GOES X_RAY FLUX (1 minute data) - displays C-, M-, and X-Solar Flares
http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/go ... 6-hour.gif

GOES X-RAY FLUX (5 minute data) - displays C-, M-, and X-Solar Flares
http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/goes-xray-flux.gif

SOLAR CYCLE PEAKS
http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/so ... o-flux.gif

SPACE WEATHER ALERTS AND WARNINGS
http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/no ... meline.png (past, present, and future forecast)
http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/no ... meline.png (one week's log: past and present only)

SPACE WEATHER OVERVIEW (great graphics)
http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/sw ... -large.gif

[Maria]

An M9 solar flare occurred on Dec. 17, 2014. Sunspot 2242 harbors energy for X-class solar flares.

See http://www.spaceweather.com for more information. Below is a picture of the solar blast:

[Barbara]

I had missed that BEAUTIFUL Aurora from Dec. 8th !! Just amazing. Almost blinding, even seen on a computer screen --
think what it would have been like to view in person.

[Maria]

We just had an X1.8 solar class flare.
Go to http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php ... &year=2014

The image below is dynamic. It automatically changes.

http://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/go ... 6-hour.gif