Source - Space Weather News for June 17, 2016:
http://spaceweather.com
WEIRD CLOUDS OVER ANTARCTICA:
This week in Antarctica, observers have been amazed by the sudden
appearance of vivid color in the darkening winter sky. It is not,
however, the aurora australis. Instead, icy clouds are forming in the
normally-clear stratosphere above the frozen continent, producing an
intense iridescence seldom seen at lower latitudes. Visit
http://spaceweather.com for pictures of this phenomenon.
Image credits: Space Weather News /
B Sudarsan Patro
DOUBLE SPACE WEATHER BALLOON LAUNCH: On June 18th,
Spaceweather.com
and the students of Earth to Sky Calculus will launch a pair of space
weather balloons, simultaneously, 600 miles apart. The purpose of the
experiment is to study the latitude dependence of cosmic rays
penetrating Earth's atmosphere and to check models of radiation inside
commercial airplanes. Launch updates will be posted at
https://www.facebook.com/earthtoskycalculus
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