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Geomagnetic Storm: November 2003

Coronal Mass Ejections from sunspot 10484 sweep by the Earth on November 20, 2003, generating aurora displays worldwide. This view is from the Polar spacecraft with a false-color data overlaid on the Earth's surface. Red marks the highest intensity, blue the lowest.

The aurora in false color from 08:06:32UT to 08:56:24UT.    The aurora in false color from 08:06:32UT to 08:56:24UT.
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A maximal time for the aurora (08:09:08 UT).    A maximal time for the aurora (08:09:08 UT).

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Animation Number:2857
Completed:2003-11-21
Animator:Tom Bridgman (GST) (Lead)
Scientists:John B. Sigwarth (University of Iowa)
 Nicola Fox (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
Platform/Sensor/Data Set:Polar/VIS (2003/11/20)
Series:Solar Storm 2003
Goddard TV Tape:G2003-014
Keywords:
SVS >> Aurora
DLESE >> Space science
 
 
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio


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