Source - Space Weather News for March 4, 2017: http://spaceweather.com
"AURORA
SPRITES" SIGHTED OVER NEW ZEALAND: For the past few days, Earth has
been moving through a stream of solar wind gusting with speeds of 700+
km/s. Last night in New Zealand, the stream produced an unusual
display of "aurora sprites" above the Otago Peninsula. Visit
Spaceweather.com to see the apparition and to learn what probably
caused it.
ARCTIC SPACE WEATHER BALLOON LAUNCH: This coming
week,
Spaceweather.com will be flying to Sweden with a group of student
researchers to launch a series of space weather balloons inside the
Arctic Circle. Near-simultaneous launches in the USA and Chile will
allow us to probe the global response of our planet to rising levels of
cosmic radiation in the inner solar system. Today's edition of
Spaceweather.com highlights the science of this mission--and whets our
appetite for some very unusual photos of the Northern Lights.
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