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True Color RGB images from @NOAASatellites #GOES16/#GOESeast showed large plumes of blowing #dust across parts of New Mexico, Texas ad Oklahoma on 22 Feb: geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu/#playing:true;…; Note the brighter white plume originating from White Sands NM. #NMwx #TXwx #OKwx
...and here's a comparison of the blowing dust plumes as viewed using True Color RGB images from 3 satellites - @NOAASatellites #GOES18/#GOESwest, #GOES17 and #GOES16/#GOESeast: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog… #NMwx #TXwx #OKwx 
This morning, evidence of the airborne dust (shades of tan) from NM/TX/OK could be seen in @NOAASatellites #GOES16/#GOESeast True Color RGB images over parts of #ILwx/#INwx/#OHwx/#MIwx/#KYwx: geosphere.ssec.wisc.edu/#playing:true;…;
NEW: A NOTAM was placed with flight restrictions in north central Montana calling it a "National Defense Airspace." This is until further notice, issued at 00:20z (06:20 p.m. central time)
A USAF Stratotanker is in the area doing laps. #BalloonGate continued?
Statement from the FAA:
September was 🔥 on the Sun! It released 31 sizable solar flares and several coronal mass ejections in just 5 days. We and our partners are always watching the Sun, so we saw these events from several perspectives. Thread 👇
First things first: A solar flare is powerful burst of light radiation, and intense flares can interfere with communications.
A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a cloud of solar material + magnetic fields. They can spark #aurora.
A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a cloud of solar material + magnetic fields. They can spark #aurora.
Now for the space pictures! @NOAASatellites' #GOES16 watches the Sun in 6 different wavelengths. These images show an X9.3 solar flare on Sept. 6. (This was the most intense flare of the current solar cycle!)
