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Northern Lights: Benefits of the Modern Age

2025-11-15 - Fairplay, KY - Photo courtesy Veronica Arnold
Veronica generated this chart of solar cycles and geomagnetic storms and the rise of smart phone ownership, making the correlation is easy to see. She says, "The current cycle of solar storms is active and many have access to phones with night cameras, so we are able to catch and share more easily. In addition, alerting people to this phenomenon using social media creates an awareness of the phenomenon that we didn't have before."

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