Exploding Arctic Meteor Turns Night into Day

Space Weather News for Nov. 17, 2017 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom METEOR EXPLODES OVER THE ARCTIC: On the evening of Nov. 16th, a meteoroid ripped through the atmosphere over the Arctic Circle and exploded. The resulting fireball wiped out the aurora borealis, cast shadows, and turned the night sky blue. Visit Spaceweather.com to see a movie of the explosion, captured accidentally by an automated aurora skycam in northern Finland. SOLAR WIND, INCOMING: Today, a hole in the sun's atmosphere is facing Earth. The emerging stream of solar wind could reach our planet as early as Nov. 19th, with G1-class geomagnetic storms possible on Nov. 20th. Sign up for free aurora alerts. Remember, SpaceWeather.com is on Facebook! Above: The blinding flash from an exploding meteor turned the night sky of arctic Finland blue on Nov. 16, 2017. Visit Spaceweather.com to see the movie. Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2017 Spaceweather.com, All rights reserved.