
"This allowed me to see the Moon at very low elevation. "The weather was good and the air was clear on Nov. "It was a lovely inferior mirage," says Lee, who rapidly started taking pictures: MOLTEN MOON: On the coast of Taiwan, photographer Meiying Lee was watching the crescent Moon set on Nov 10th when a second Moon rose out of the waves to meet it. NOAA forecasters estimate a 5% chance of M-class flares during the next 24 hours.

However, sunspot AR2894 has developed an unstable 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that could erupt this weekend. QUIET WITH A CHANCE OF FLARES: Solar activity is low.


Neutron counts from the University of Oulu's Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory show that cosmic rays reaching Earth are slowly declining-a result of the yin-yang relationship between the solar cycle and cosmic rays. Credit: SDO/HMIĬosmic Rays Solar Cycle 25 is beginning, and this is reflected in the number of cosmic rays entering Earth's atmosphere. Sunspot AR2894 has a 'beta-gamma' magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares.
