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Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World

Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World

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George Oleman, Special Assistant to the Mayo, welcomes the scientists to Barrow Alaska

George Oleman, Special Assistant to the Mayo, welcomes the scientists to Barrow Alaska. Photo Credit - Jay Friedlander

Space Weather Fact

The August 4, 1972 solar flare was so powerful that, by some estimates, a spacesuited astronaut would have received a lethal does of radiation.

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