Space Weather News for April 30, 2015   
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   DEEP QUIET: Everyone knows that high solar activity has a profound effect on   
   the space around Earth.  Less well known is that *low* solar activity can be   
   equally transformative. This week, the sun is plunging into a quiet state with   
   almost no sunspots and a vanishing chance of flares. Find out what this means   
   on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com   
       
   OTHER STORIES we are following on http://spaceweather.com today: (1) A 10,000   
   km-long plume of sulfurous gas from Chile's Calbuco volcano is now crossing   
   the Atlantic Ocean en route to Africa; and (2) On April 28th, microbes sent to   
   the edge of space to test their response to cosmic radiation crash-landed in   
   the California desert--and it did not go well for the microbes.   
       
       
   Regards,   
       
   Roger   
      
   --- D'Bridge 3.99   
    * Origin: NCS BBS - Houma, LoUiSiAna (1:3828/7)