Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World
IMAGE GALLERY
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Picture of an auroral storm over Canada taken from the DMSP satellite at night. (Courtesy - DMSP).
This image appears in the Technology Through Time article, #61: "What Causes An Auroral Storm?".
Space Weather Fact
A major solar 'superstorm' such as the one in 1859 could cost $30 billion a day to the US electrical power grid, and up to $70 billion to the satellite industry.
