{"id":3298,"date":"2022-03-31T07:10:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T07:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/strong-geomagnetic-storm-headed-for-earth-aurora-borealis-could-dazzle-tonight-across-northern-us-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2022-03-31T07:10:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T07:10:35","slug":"strong-geomagnetic-storm-headed-for-earth-aurora-borealis-could-dazzle-tonight-across-northern-us-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/31\/strong-geomagnetic-storm-headed-for-earth-aurora-borealis-could-dazzle-tonight-across-northern-us-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Strong&#039; geomagnetic storm headed for Earth; aurora borealis could dazzle tonight across northern US &#8211; USA TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Folks across the far northern U.S. could have a treat Wednesday night: the appearance of the aurora borealis, aka northern lights, in the night sky.<br \/>Thanks to a recent strong geomagnetic storm from the sun, the aurora might be visible in several northern states.\u00a0<br \/>The storm is rated a &#8220;G3,&#8221; which is the third level of NOAA&#8217;s five-level solar storm scale. (G1 storms are minor, while G5s are considered extreme.)\u00a0<br \/>The colorful aurora forms when the particles flowing from the sun get caught up in the Earth&#8217;s magnetic field. The particles interact with molecules of atmospheric gases to cause the famed glowing red and green colors of the aurora.<br \/>States where the aurora might be visible Wednesday night\u00a0include Washington, Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, according to Accuweather.\u00a0<br \/><strong class=gnt_ar_b_al>&#8216;MODERATE&#8217; GEOMAGNETIC STORM:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/news\/nation\/2022\/02\/02\/solar-flare-northern-lights-visible-some-states\/9316278002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Storm expected to hit Earth, giving some states chance to see northern lights<\/a><br \/>On Monday, NOAA&#8217;s sun-watching satellites detected two eruptions on the surface of the sun that sent enormous clouds of charged particles blasting through space. These events are known as coronal mass ejections.<br \/>After analyzing the eruptions, NOAA&#8217;s Space Weather Prediction Center said\u00a0the Earth is directly in the path of these two coronal mass ejections, which is good news for those\u00a0hoping to get a glimpse of the aurora, AccuWeather said.\u00a0<br \/>The lights are visible in both the far northern and southern parts of the world. The southern lights are known as the aurora australis.<br \/><strong class=gnt_ar_b_al>MOON RISING:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/news\/nation\/2022\/03\/15\/full-worm-moon-2022\/7047541001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">There is a full worm moon coming: When you can see it brightest<\/a><br \/>Geomagnetic storms can impact the Earth&#8217;s infrastructure, potentially disrupting communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations, NOAA says. Impacts to technology from a G3 storm generally remain small, but it can drive the aurora further south from its usual position over the polar region, NOAA said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2022\/03\/30\/aurora-borealis-visible-tonight\/7218599001\/\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folks across the far northern U.S. could have a treat Wednesday night: the appearance of the aurora borealis, aka northern lights, in the night sky.Thanks to a recent strong geomagnetic storm from the sun, the aurora might be visible in several northern states.\u00a0The storm is rated a &#8220;G3,&#8221; which is the third level of NOAA&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}