Subj :  Weather
To   : All
From : Roger Nelson
Date : Sat May 30 2015 10:46:04

Hello All!

MICROBES FROM ANTARCTICA SET TO LAUNCH: Only a few hours from now, 
Spaceweather.com and the students of Earth to Sky Calculus will launch 
approximately 100 billion microbes from Antarctica to the stratosphere, more 
than 110,000 ft above Earth's surface. The goal of the high-altitude balloon 
experiment is to discover if terrestrial extremophiles can survive extreme cold 
and high radiation at the edge of space. Stay tuned for updates. 

MAGNETIC FILAMENTS ON THE SUN: With no sunspots actively flaring this weekend, 
solar activity is low. Or is it? There's more to solar activity than sunspots 
and flares. "I can't recall ever seeing as many magnetic filaments on the sun 
as I have this month," points out amateur astronomer John W. O'Neal of Amherst, 
Ohio. "This composite image is my tribute to the filament-ridden sun of May 
2015." 
 

Regards,

Roger 
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