(image courtesy of Solar and Heliospheric Observatory and NASA)
This is so cool. The website Solar Storm Watch asks for anyone's help to spot approaching solar storms. You just have to go through some nifty training that takes five minutes so you can interpret the pretty pictures sent from satellites STEREO Ahead and STEREO Behind. See below:
The image on the left from STEREO Behind is showing an actual solar storm (look at the round bulbous shape of fire), while STEREO Ahead's got nothin'.
I hope they're fact checking though. Because who knows if I actually spotted a solar storm or just something I thought was pretty.
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