Sun  ID: 10338

Looking Back at 2003s Spooky Halloween Solar Storms

Released on October 30, 2008
In the weeks surrounding Halloween in 2003, the sun unleashed a series of spooky storms towards the Earth, storms that ignited lots of ghostly looking auroras, but that also wreaked havoc with power grids, satellites and other electrical equipment. On the fifth anniversary of these unprecedented storms, NASA takes a look back at the Sun during these haunting days.
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From October 25, 2003, to November 7, 2003, the sun sent a series of solar storms that lit up the sky with ghoulish auroras.

Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (HTSI): Video Editor
Laura Motel (UMBC): Narrator
Laura Motel (UMBC): Producer
Holly Gilbert (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Erica Drezek (HTSI): Videographer
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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This item is part of these series:
Halloween 2003 Solar Storms
Narrated Movies
Goddard Shorts

Goddard TV Tape:
G2008-146 -- Halloween 2003 Solar Storms Revisited

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Edited Feature
DLESE >> Narrated
SVS >> Voice Over Talent
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0