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AR [Active Region] 3664 with Image of Aurora Borealis 5/10/24 on Hover, Marc Whitsett
AR [Active Region] 3664 with Image of Aurora Borealis 5/10/24 on Hover, Marc Whitsett

AR [Active Region] 3664 with Image of Aurora Borealis 5/10/24 on Hover

AR [Active Region] 3664 with Image of Aurora Borealis 5/10/24 on Hover, Marc Whitsett
AR [Active Region] 3664 with Image of Aurora Borealis 5/10/24 on Hover, Marc Whitsett

AR [Active Region] 3664 with Image of Aurora Borealis 5/10/24 on Hover

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Image of the Northern Lights taken on Friday night 5/10/24.

The AR3664 image was taken the following day on 5/11/24.


Sunspots are dark patches on the solar surface where the magnetic field is abnormally strong — about 2,500 times stronger than that of Earth, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service. Sunspots typically are about the size of Earth, but some, like AR3664, can become even more gigantic. The larger the region gets, the bigger the increase in magnetic complexity and threat of additional solar flares.

And here's an interesting fact about AR3664: According to spaceweather.com, it's currently about the same size as the sunspot linked to the Carrington event of 1859, the most powerful geomagnetic storm ever recorded on Earth.*

*https://www.space.com/giant-sunspot-region-ar-3664-video        accessed 5/12/24

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AR [Active Region] 3664 with Image of Aurora Borealis 5/10/24 on Hover, Marc Whitsett