Space Weather News for Aug. 23, 2016   
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   AURORAS VS. TWILIGHT: A G1-class geomagnetic storm on Aug. 23-34 has sparked   
   late summer auroras around the Arctic Circle, mixing twilight-blue with   
   aurora-green.  It's a palette of rare beauty, which you can only see at this   
   time of year.  Visit Spaceweather.com for photos and updates about the ongoing   
   storm.   
       
   A SPACE WEATHER BALLOON OVER THE ANDES: Over the past three days,   
   SpaceWeather.com and the students of Earth to Sky Calculus have launched   
   multiple space weather balloons from sites spanning 3 countries, two   
   continents, and more than 10,000 miles.  It's a giant radiation experiment to   
   measure how well Earth's atmosphere protects us from cosmic rays.  A highlight   
   so far comes from Chile, where a balloon was launched near the South Atlantic   
   Anomaly. Radiation measurements have not yet been reduced, but photography of   
   the space weather payload soaring more than 120,000 feet over the Andes is   
   spectacular.  Visit Spaceweather.com for pictures and more information about   
   this experiment.   
       
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   A space weather payload ascends over the Andes en route to measure cosmic rays   
   in the stratosphere. Credit: Earth to Sky Calculus.   
       
       
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   Roger   
      
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