https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/largest-sunspot-in-a-quarter-century-spews-flares/ Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:55:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/largest-sunspot-in-a-quarter-century-spews-flares/#comment-473607 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 13:55:48 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=31457#comment-473607 While driving US interstate 80 west homeward from New York to South Dakota last week, we saw the Aurora Borialis at 3:00 am to our south. It looked like large white sheets draping and shimmering. There were four distinct sheets. I woke everyone up and pulled over to view them. It was the first time I’d seen this spectacular site and I’m sure it was due to these large CME given off from the increased sunspot activity.

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