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<p><font size="3"><strong><font color="#ff0000">CRACKLING SUNSPOT: </font></strong></font>Giant sunspot 978 is crackling with <a href="http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html?PHPSESSID=3135qlfndao37f3e1a9nb54924">
C-class</a> solar flares, unleashing five in the past 24 hours alone. Yesterday, in the hills overlooking Los Angeles, California, <a href="mailto:gp@thesuninmotion.com">Gary Palmer</a> caught the spot in mid-eruption:</p>

<p align="center"><a href="http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2007/14dec07/palmer1.jpg?PHPSESSID=3135qlfndao37f3e1a9nb54924"><img height="251" src="http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2007/14dec07/palmer1_strip.jpg" width="360" border="1">
</a><br><a href="http://www.solarminimum.com/gif07/SW978.gif">11 MB IMAX-style Movie</a></p>
<p>Using his Coronado <a href="http://www.spaceweather.com/ccount.php?linkURL=http://www.coronadofilters.com/Maxscope_90.html">SolarMax90</a>, Palmer recorded an entire movie of the eruption--&quot;IMAX-style,&quot; he says. Caution: The seething, pulsating surface of the sun might spill over the edge of your computer screen. 
<a href="http://www.solarminimum.com/gif07/SW978.gif">Click here</a> if you dare.</p></div>
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<td><img height="4" src="http://www.spaceweather.com/images/spacer.gif" width="10"></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="solarWindText"><b>Solar wind</b><br>speed: <b>444.7 </b>km/sec<br>density: <b>1.9 </b>protons/cm<sup>
3</sup><br></span><span class="solarWindExplanationText"><a href="http://spaceweather.com/glossary/solarwinddata.html">explanation</a> | <a href="http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ace/MAG_SWEPAM_24h.html">more data</a><br></span><span class="solarWindUpdatedText">
Updated: Today at 0826 UT </span>
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0230 UT Dec15 </span><span class="solarWindText"><br>24-hr: <b>B2 </b></span><span class="solarWindUpdatedText">0210 UT Dec15 </span><span class="solarWindText"><br></span><span class="solarWindExplanationText"><a href="http://spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html">
explanation</a> | <a href="http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_5m.html">more data</a><br></span><span class="solarWindUpdatedText">Updated: Today at: 0825 UT </span>
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<td><img height="7" src="http://www.spaceweather.com/images/spacer.gif" width="10"></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="dailySunCaptionText">Sunspot 978 has developed a beta-gamma magnetic field that harbors energy for 
<a href="http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html?PHPSESSID=3135qlfndao37f3e1a9nb54924">M-class</a> solar flares. Credit: SOHO/MDI</span> 
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<td><img height="14" src="http://www.spaceweather.com/images/spacer.gif" width="10"></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="solarWindText"><b>Sunspot number: <font color="#006699">35 </font></b></span><br><span class="solarWindExplanationText">
<a href="http://spaceweather.com/glossary/sunspotnumber.html">What is the sunspot number?<br></a></span><span class="solarWindUpdatedText">Updated 13 Dec 2007 </span><span class="solarWindExplanationText"><a href="http://spaceweather.com/glossary/sunspotnumber.html">
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<img height="82" src="http://www.spaceweather.com/images2007/12dec07/midi_farside_163.gif" width="163" border="0"></a> 
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<td><img height="7" src="http://www.spaceweather.com/images/spacer.gif" width="10"></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="dailySunCaptionText">This <a href="http://spaceweather.com/glossary/farside.html">holographic image
</a> shows no large sunspots on the farside of the sun. Image credit: SOHO/MDI</span> 
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 0 </font></strong><font color="#009966">quiet</font><br>24-hr max: <strong>Kp= 2 </strong></span><span class="solarWindText"><font color="#009966">quiet</font><br></span><span class="solarWindExplanationText"><a href="http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/kp.html">
explanation</a> | <a href="http://www.sec.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html">more data<br></a></span>
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<td><img height="12" src="http://www.spaceweather.com/images/spacer.gif" width="10"></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="dailySunTitleText">Current Auroral Oval:</span> 
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<p><span class="SolarWindText">Switch to: <a href="javascript:setPOESEurope()">Europe</a></span><span class="SolarWindText">, <a href="javascript:setPOESUS()">USA</a></span><span class="SolarWindText">, <a href="javascript:setPOESAustralia()">
New Zealand</a></span><span class="SolarWindText"><a href="javascript:setPOESUS()"></a></span><span class="SolarWindText">, <a href="javascript:setPOESAntarctica()">Antarctica</a></span><span class="SolarWindText"></span>
<br><span class="SolarWindText">Credit: NOAA/POES</span><span class="SolarWindText"><br></span><span class="solarWindUpdatedText">Updated: 2007 Dec 15 0715 UT </span><br><span class="solarWindExplanationText"><a href="http://www.northern-lights.no/english/what/oval.shtml">
What is the auroral oval?</a></span> 
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: <b>0.1 </b>nT <b>south </b><br></span><span class="solarWindExplanationText"><a href="http://spaceweather.com/glossary/imf.html">explanation</a> | <a href="http://www.sec.noaa.gov/ace/MAG_24h.html">more data</a><br></span>
<span class="solarWindUpdatedText">Updated: Today at 0826 UT </span>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableColumnTitleText" align="center">FLARE</div></td>
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<div class="solarflares48hrColumnTitleText" align="center">0-24 hr</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableColumnTitleText" align="center">CLASS M</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">05 %</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">05 %</div></td></tr>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableColumnTitleText" align="center">CLASS X</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">01 %</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">01 %</div></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<a href="http://spaceweather.com/glossary/geostorm.html">active</a>, <a href="http://spaceweather.com/glossary/geostorm.html">minor storm</a>, <a href="http://spaceweather.com/glossary/geostorm.html">severe storm</a></span>
 
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<div class="solarflares48hrColumnTitleText" align="center">0-24 hr</div></td>
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<div class="solarflares48hrColumnTitleText" align="center">24-48 hr</div></td></tr>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableColumnTitleText" align="center">ACTIVE</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">10 %</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">15 %</div></td></tr>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableColumnTitleText" align="center">MINOR</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">05 %</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">10 %</div></td></tr>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableColumnTitleText" align="center">SEVERE</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">01 %</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">01 %</div></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<div class="solarflares48hrColumnTitleText" align="center">0-24 hr</div></td>
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<div class="solarflares48hrColumnTitleText" align="center">24-48 hr</div></td></tr>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableColumnTitleText" align="center">ACTIVE</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">10 %</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">20 %</div></td></tr>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableColumnTitleText" align="center">MINOR</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">05 %</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">15 %</div></td></tr>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableColumnTitleText" align="center">SEVERE</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">01 %</div></td>
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<div class="solarFlaresTableDatumText" align="center">05 %</div></td></tr></tbody></table></p><br>-- <br>Best 73 from:<br>regards from:<br>CT4RK<br>Carlos Mourato<br>Sines <br><br>Antes de imprimir este e-mail, pense que estará a gastar papel e tinta. Proteja o ambiente
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