What They Are Not Telling You About The Pretty Lights
I take a peek at mean daily sunspot number for (part) solar cycles 7 thru 24 and compare them to the current part cycle
There are zillions of articles like this one telling you that the northern lights are brighter and more widespread because we are close to the solar maximum that may well emerge in 2024:
What none of them are going to reveal is that these exceptional displays have been happening over a period when the mean daily sunspot number has been rather modest.
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