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We have added a new page with Solar wind information that is updated regularly from resources such as NOAA. You will find the page on our menu bar under “Resources” and click “Solar Wind Info”. Some examples of what is on the page can be seen below.

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You will also find a small image in our left hand column called “Mars Today“.

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Solar Wind Sample Information:

Updates: Every 60 minutes for the following map courtesy of Australian Space Weather Agency

World Total Electron Content Map

NOAA / Space Weather Prediction Center:

Current Solar Wind

Current Northern Auroral		Current Southern Auroral

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Orbital Sunrise

The Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station photographed this image of polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by an orbital sunrise. Polar mesospheric, or noctilucent ("night shining"), clouds usually are seen at twilight, following the setting of the sun below the horizon and darkening of Earth's surface. Occasionally the station's orbital track becomes nearly parallel to Earth's day/night terminator for a time, allowing the clouds to be visible to the crew at times other than the usual twilight because of the station's altitude. This photograph shows polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by the rising, rather than setting, sun at center right. Low clouds on the horizon appear yellow and orange, while higher clouds and aerosols are illuminated a brilliant white. Polar mesospheric clouds appear as light blue ribbons extending across the top of the image. The station was located over the Greek island of Kos in the Aegean Sea (near the southwestern coastline of Turkey) when the image was taken at approximately midnight local time. The orbital complex was tracking northeastward, nearly parallel to the terminator, making it possible to observe an apparent "sunrise" located almost due north. A similar unusual alignment of the ISS orbit track, terminator position and seasonal position of Earth's orbit around the sun allowed for this striking imagery of over the Southern Hemisphere. Image Credit: NASA
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