Click on the numbers for current conditions.

The current state of:

  1. The Sun's Surface
  2. The Sun's Upper Atmosphere
  3. The Sun's Expanding Outer Layer (the Corona)
  4. Auroral Lights at Earth
  5. Space Radiation
  6. The speed of the Solar Wind
  7. Conditions in the Ionosphere


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