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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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Eclipse 1980 - solar max again (Credit: High Altitude Observatory/ National Center for Atmospheric Research)

Eclipse 1980 - solar max again (Credit: High Altitude Observatory/ National Center for Atmospheric Research)

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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