NYC, find those eclipse glasses: How to watch solar storm flares

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NYC may miss out on the chance to see the northern lights, but the unusually large solar storm hitting Earth may produce another visual spectacle - sunspot flares, visible with eclipse glasses.

NYC may miss out on the chance to see the northern lights – no thanks to a cloudy forecast – but the unusually large solar storm hitting Earth may produce another visual spectacle for New Yorkers. It's time to dust off those eclipse! As the sun shines on this fairly cloudless spring day, sunspot flares may be visible as the sun hurls plasma our way.

Remember: Never look directly at the sun without protection!An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications.The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, hours sooner than anticipated.

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