Source – Space Weather News for August 10, 2010: http://spaceweather.com
The solar eruption of August 7th might affect Earth after all. Newly-arriving data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show a CME heading our way with a significant Earth-directed component. Click on the image to launch a “difference movie” of the expanding cloud:
SOHO Crononagraph 8/7/2010
The impact of this lopsided CME probably won’t trigger a major geomagnetic storm—but the SOHO data show it could be bigger than expected. High latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras when the cloud arrives probably on August 10th.
