[DannyTN]

"An astronomer at the University of Iowa has even managed to detect the 'sounds' made by the first storm - a clicking noise followed by a whoosh. "

His co-astronomer said she was extremely disappointed to miss the sound, but that she was in toilet when the sound was heard.

[microgood]

The Sun is really churned up. The timing of two very large X-class flares aimed directly at the Earth, occurring one right after another, is unprecedented.

The sun is probably mad at us for having too many SUVs and spewing too much CO2 into the atmosphere.

[petuniasevan]

Visit the SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory's web site to see the very latest images of the active Sun. Plus there are archived images and MPEG movies of flares.

Latest SOHO images

[larryjohnson]

One night It was Red,White and Blue 360 deg over my Maine cove for maybe half hour then fade to starry nite. I have been here seven years and have only seen one or two whitish northern lights.

[Salman]

First time I ever saw a aurora. We're all gonna to die! It's President Bush's fault. No! It's Governor Blagojevich's fault. See! I'm bipartisan.

Maybe it's Mayor Daley's fault. Or Pataki. Or Bloomberg. Or Schwarzegger. Gotta blame somebody.

Aieeee! We're all gonna die!

[woofie]

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