This is blowing up a bit: not trying to scare you all! There is a *gigantic* set of sunspots coming around the limb of the sun, comparable in size to the sunspots sketched by Carrington. They may or may not send some plasma our way. There is also a minor aurora event predicted for 2 days from now due to interactions between an eruption from this sunspot group and previously emitted solar wind/magnetic fields.

ESA has some good info on big solar storms here: https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_weather/Flying_through_the_biggest_solar_storm_ever_recorded

@KevinFreitas @sundogplanets Darkness Begins by Harley Tate. It's the first of a series of nine, and so far like most of these it's very pulpy so I doubt I'll read it all. But I tend to read to shut my brain off at night, and this sort of thing does the job.

I realize that doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement, but it's everything I thought it would be and I'm not complaining.