Green and red auroras light up St. Patrick's day dawn
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
A strong G3 geomagetic storm surged across the planet this morning producing a spectacular display of the northern lights. Some of you may who may have risen to see the new nova were no doubt as surprised as the NOAA space weather folks, whose overnight forecast did not include an alert for even a minor storm.