Sunday, 3 January 2016 19:27 UTC
Some other exciting coronal hole news: a trans equatorial portion of the northern hemisphere polar coronal hole is now facing Earth and an enhanced solar wind stream should arrive in about 3 days from now. It could cause minor G1 geomagnetic storming conditions on Wednesday, 6 January.
Image: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory
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