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Red Aurora Over Australia

NASA APOD · Alex Cherney (Terrastro, TWAN)
COSMIC MESSAGE

Last week's solar storms, mostly from sunspot region 1402, caused a red aurora over Australia. Particles from the sun excited oxygen atoms high in Earth's atmosphere. When these atoms returned to their ground state, they emitted a red glow.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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AQUARIUS

In tropical astrology, 1 FEB 2012 falls under Aquarius (♒). The sign's window runs from 01-20 through 02-18. Aquarius is home to the Helix Nebula, the closest planetary nebula to Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 1 FEB 2012.

THE ALMANAC FOR 1 FEB 2012
DAY
Wednesday
MOON
First quarter, 64% lit
POSITION
Day 32 of 366
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