Not a great image, because I was shooting around the clouds but I had to capture the source of our Aurora fun. That big chunk on the right side has been blasting us with solar mass to light up the sky!
One of my faves of the #auroraborealis#coronalmassejection this evening. This is in eastern Washington state. It got so bright we just pulled over in awe.
A notable #geomagnetic storm is expected to result from the arrival of a coronal mass ejection that erupted from the surface of the sun ☀️ on 📆 Saturday, Sept. 16 and was aimed in the direction of #Earth.
Analysts believe that a direct hit by an extreme #CME such as the one that missed Earth in 📆 July 2012 could cause widespread power blackouts, disabling everything that plugs into a wall socket 🔌. Most people wouldn't even be able to flush their toilet 🚽 because urban water supplies 💧 largely rely on #electric pumps https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/23jul_superstorm