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Feb 19, 2011
Earth Safe, Anyone See Pretty Lights?
Photo by Space Weather Prediction Center The Earth is safe, for now. Although our little solar heat-lamp didn’t go ‘nova and swallow up in a fiery tsunami, the last disruptions from this past week’s solar flare will be dissipating this weekend. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center predicts that as result of the flare, also known as the snicker-inducing coronal mass ejections, solar winds could cause shortwave disruptions to communications and power grids. On the…