Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Earth Day Meteor Shower


Source - Space Weather News for April 22, 2014: http://spaceweather.com

EARTH DAY METEOR SHOWER: Earth is passing through a stream of debris from ancient Comet Thatcher, source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower.  According to radar data, the shower is peaking today with meteor rates as high as 15 per hour.

Check http://spaceweather.com for more information.

SPACE WEATHER ALERTS:  Did you miss the Easter geomagnetic storm?  Next time get a wake-up call. Geomagnetic storm alerts are available from http://spaceweathertext.com (text) and http://spaceweatherphone.com (voice).

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