Feeling somewhat off??? ..addition to mercury retrograde, effects felt by many. spaceweather/archive.php?view=1&day=26&month=01&year=2015 ...A geomagnetic storm erupted during the early hours of Jan. 26th, sparking a surprise display of bright auroras around the Arctic Circle. Scientists took the opportunity to launch four sounding rockets from Alaskas Poker Flat Research Range to study the effect of solar storms on the upper atmosphere.... Richard Collins, a principal investigator from the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, explains the purpose of the launches: Recent solar storms have resulted in major changes to the composition of the upper atmosphere above 49 miles (80 kilometers), where enhancements in nitrogen compounds have been found. These compounds can be transported into the middle atmosphere where they can contribute to ozone destruction. But do these ozone-destroying compounds actually make it down to the ozone layer? ..... *****.....Two of the rockets released trails of trimethyl aluminum (TMA) vapor, creating whitish clouds that were photographed from several ground stations.....
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:48:23 +0000
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