Look for Northern Lights tonight, Jan.24, 2012

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46118390/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.Tx9HC4EzCls

updated 2 hours 38 minutes ago

A wave of charged particles from an intense solar storm is raising alerts about airline flights and satellite operations — and raising the prospect of stunning auroral displays.

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As powerful as it is, the storm should have no effect on daily life for most people.

"Probably in the next 10 hours or so, people at high latitudes can see auroras," Yihua Zheng, a lead researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, told Space.com.

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"There's a very good chance tonight that we'll be seeing some very strong auroral displays. Typically auroras occur at relatively high latitudes, but for events like this, you could get auroras down at mid- to low latitudes."

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