Geomagnetic Surprise 8th Feb 2021

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Geomagnetic Surprise 8th Feb 2021

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After a G1 geomagnetic storm on Feb 6th/7th, sparking beautiful aurora, things had quietened down back to background levels and it looked like the excitement was over. Surprisingly a geomagnetic impulse arrived on the 8th sparking stunning aurora 'some of the best ever' according to reports. The cause was a southerly magnetically oriented impulse that connected with Earth's magnetic field, allowing solar particles to enter and make the air glow.

Here's the event in full from the 6th as recorded on my magnetometer.
20210209_G1 Geomagnetic Storm and Impulse.jpg
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It's never over until it really is over..... :)

Thanks for looking.

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Re: Geomagnetic Surprise 8th Feb 2021

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Hi Stu,

Always interesting to see your graphs.


regards Rainer

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Funky shockwaves! Thanks Stu :)


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Wow!! great to see Stu :hamster:

I was actually just fumbling around to see what the date was today, wow the 11th! I am out of date. Where did the week go?

Alexandra


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Many thanks, Rainer, Mark and Alexandra.
The weeks certainly do seem to be flying by, Alexandra.

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Montana wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 4:37 pm Where did the week go?
I know what you mean! At least the sun is getting ever higher :) :) :)


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