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Aurora Borealis, or northern lights, fill the sky over Finnmark county, northern Norway, March 13, 2011. Tore Meek/Scanpix/Reuters/File
NOAA handout image shows the Sun's activity on March 8, 2012. A strong geomagnetic storm is racing from the Sun toward Earth, and its expected arrival on Thursday could affect power grids, airplane routes and space-based satellite navigation systems, US space weather experts said. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Reuters
Solar flares are caused by the sudden release of magnetic energy. Coronal mass ejections are clouds of electrified, magnetic gas weighing billions of tons ejected from the Sun and hurled into space with speeds ranging from 12 to 1,250 miles per second. Severe solar weather is often heralded by dramatic auroral displays, northern and southern lights, and magnetic storms that occasionally affect satellites, radio communications and power systems. Courtesy of SOHO Project/NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
The Northern Lights are seen above the ash plume of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano in the evening of April 22, 2010. Lucas Jackson/Reuters/File
The Aurora Borealis spins above the Talkeetna Range near Palmer, Alaska, on Feb. 29, 2008. The center of the circular corona, usually near Earth's north pole sometimes fluctuates further south and can be seen from a lower latitude as in this instance. Bob Martinson/AP/File
In this x-ray photo provided by NASA, the sun is shown early in the morning of Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. The dark arc near the top right edge of the image is a filament of plasma blasting off the surface. The bright region is an unassociated solar flare. NASA/AP/File
Aurora Borealis lights up the Ozark, Ark. sky on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. The Northern Lights are not commonly seen this far south. Brian Emfinger/realclearwx.com/AP/File
The Aurora Borealis fills the sky above Takotna, Alaska. Some folks are predicting 2012 will be a banner year for viewing the northern lights. The Anchorage Daily/AP
The Solar Dynamics Observatory captures an M8.7 class flare in a handout photo released by NASA January 23, 2012. The flare is shown here in teal as that is the color typically used to show light in the 131 Angstrom wavelength. The flare began at 10:38 PM ET on January 22, 2012, peaked at 10:59 PM and ended at 11:34 PM. NASA/Reuters
Energy leaving the sun's surface was photographed using a coronograph at National Solar Observatory east of Alamogordo in Sunspot, N.M. Eruptions in the January to March period are the kind of solar activity that impact the belts that shield the Earth, causing spikes that can knock out satellites which handle computer commerce associated with banks, stock markets and even charge cards. Via National Solar Observatory/AP/File
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/24
In Pictures: Ultra-Orthodox Jews
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In Pictures: Oh to be young again, Mr. President!
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Aurora Borealis tonight? Yes, New York, Pennsylvania, and parts of the US Midwest could see a rare spectacular aurora borealis light show tonight, based on the forecasts.
You don't have to be in chilly Fairbanks, Alaska or Yellowknife, Canada, to see the Aurora Borealis tonight.
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