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Solar flare? Yes, but tonight's northern lights have a more spectacular cause. Solar Dynamics Observatory / NASA / AP By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / June 8,
2011 Skywatchers in the northern US tonight may become the beneficiaries of a major burps from the sun that took place June 7. While the solar storm did include a
solar flare ... read moreSolar flare 2011 means spectacular northern lights maybe even in Seattle That's what the University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute is predicting, saying the giant eruption — technically not a
solar flare, despite Internet buzz — will mean a larger-than- usual viewing range for the northern lights Wednesday night.
... read morePhoto Galleries: Nation/World Getty Images This image provided by NASA shows the Sun unleashing a medium-sized
solar flare, a minor radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection on June 7,
2011. The large cloud of particles mushroomed up and fell back down looking as if
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