Does this picture mean anything to you?

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/b2b3ea2a9989.jpg[/atsimg]
www2.nict.go.jp...
I have never seen the white area actually touch the poles!! Are the northern lights in full effect?

Is this normal?

Experts please advise.



[edit on 13-7-2009 by downtown436]

Yup. It means the magnetosphere is reacting to a healthy breeze in the solar wind. The color scale of the simulation "tops out" very early, 3.6 nPa is not at all a high level of pressure. I believe the simulation uses such a limited scale to make it easier to study the gradations of lower levels of pressure.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

No extreme auroral activity is to be expected. Some, but not below 60º
www.swpc.noaa.gov...

[edit on 7/13/2009 by Phage]

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i-read-what-ur-asking-and-something-struck-me-but-isnt-there-a-crop=circle-that-looks-just-like-the-effect-that-we-are-looking-at??

i-dont-know-how2put-links-on-my-post-yet-but-its-the-"crop-circle-with-alien-language"-thread??

have-a-look-and-you'll-see-what-i-mean

im-very-tired-so-i'll-see-what-anyone-says-about-this-tomo!

signing-off-now


peace

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wiltshire-july-27th-thats-the-crop=circle-im-talking-about!

cant-speak-the-language-so-this-is-the-best-i-can-do-but-please-discuss-as-i-think-it-could-possibly-mean-something?

or-maybe-just-that-its-a-hoax-and-the-guys-that-did-it-know-what-the-magnetic-field-looks-like!

whatever-its-a-bit-interesting-anyway

peace

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Thanks Phage! You are the man when it comes to astronomy.

Makes sense that they would make the graph easy to read in that way. I noticed that about a week ago solar wind was at like 335 km/sec, and today it was over 500 km/sec.

What is the highest solar wind you have seen? What is average?

Can you post some images from the magnetosphere of what extreme solars storms look like, or a link?

Thanks again for the input.

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Here's a nice one.
www3.nict.go.jp...