A Huge Magnetic Filament has lifted off the solar corona producing a spectacular eruption. This disturbance has an associated solar tsunami (Hyder Flare). Shortly after a significant halo coronal mass ejection (CME) was observed and it appears will have components heading earth's way as the eruption was in an earth facing position with the majority of the mass heading east of the Earth, however this still may deliver a glancing blow to the earth on Feb 27th.

Earthquake Forecasting Channel
http://youtube.com/thebarcaroller
Earthquake Reporting Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/EQReporter
solarwatcher website
http://solarwatcher.net
Soho Website
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
Solar Soft website
http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest_events/
WSA-Enlil Solar Wind Prediction
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/cme-based/
Helioviewer
http://www.helioviewer.org/
Quality Solar Website
http://www.solarham.com
Estimated Planetary K index information
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_...
GOES Xray Flux Data
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5mBL.html
Sunspot Information from Solar Monitor
http://www.solarmonitor.org/
Quality Weather Website
http://www.westernpacificweather.com
Space Weather Website
http://www.spaceweather.com/

Intro music used is royalty free and created by Kevin MacLeod
Music used is Swords and Claws by Soundcritters

THE SUN TODAY: 23-24 February 2012 - What Causes Aurora?

WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE SUN TODAY? (FULL SCREEN!)

What Causes Aurora?

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Global Warming Quiz 1: https://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=A4FE7F9615C4B7A1 
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Other Climate Videos: https://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=23062464433DE63C 
Other Solar Videos: https://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=8D1845B15598D5A3 

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Also check out the excellent NASA solar information and videos at:
http://www.thesuntoday.org 
http://www.facebook.com/thesuntoday 
https://www.youtube.com/thesuntoday 

For up to the minute websites go to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ 
Also an invaluable resource, often with interesting pictures at space weather.com
A wonderful Magnetospheric Simulation can be found at: NICT,http://www2.nict.go.jp/y/y223/simulation/realtime/home.html 

There is a wealth of information and background on the various satellite and observatory websites (and links therein), e.g., 
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ 
http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/beacon/beacon_secchi.shtml 
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mpeg/ 
http://www.nso.edu/
If you want to play with the data you MUST check out: http://helioviewer.org/ 
Want to find your own comets: http://sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil/

Temporal Distortion of Earth's Skies: Stunning Time-Lapse