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Weekend Stargazing: Celestial Scorpion Reigns in Night Sky

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Space.com- 6/28/13, Joe Rao

There's a giant scorpion hovering overhead, but have no fear. This creepy crawler is actually the constellation Scorpius. It's all sparkle and no sting.

In his book "The Stars in Our Heaven – Myths and Fables," (Pantheon Books, 1948) author Peter Lum writes: "The scorpion is essentially a creature of darkness, a furtive little animal that lurks in the shadows, hides under stones or in any dark crevice and cannot bear to face the light … only at night does it come out in search of its prey. Although seldom fatal (its sting) is extremely painful; hence the scorpion is usually disliked, feared and avoided by anyone who has ever come in contact with him."

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~ Space Weather Update~ EARTH-DIRECTED FLARES

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EARTH-DIRECTED FLARES: Southern hemisphere sunspots AR1777 and AR1778 erupted in quick succession during the early hours of June 28th, producing a pair of C-class solar flares and at least one CME. An initial analysis of coronagraph images suggests that the CME could deliver a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field over the weekend. Stay tuned for updates. SWx alerts: text, voice.

SOLAR OBSERVATORY LAUNCHED: NASA's newest space telescope, a unique solar observatory named "IRIS", is orbiting Earth today following a successful launch on June 27th at 7:27 pm PDT. Leaving from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, an Orbital L-1011 aircraft carried IRIS inside a Pegasus XL rocket out over the Pacific Ocean, where the rocket separated from the belly of the airplane and blasted into space. The rocket's exhaust created a beautiful sunset display along the central California coast:

Flooding Inundates the East

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Accuweather.com - 6/28/13,Samantha-Rae

Heavy rainfall led to major flooding destruction across the East on June 27.

AccuWeather Expert Forensic Meteorologist Steve Wistar, who has been tracking rainfall amounts in Lemont, Pa., for the past 23 years, recorded 3.53 inches of rain Thursday evening, the most he has ever seen from a non-tropical system in that area.

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Severe Storms, Flash Flooding Risk From Boston to Raleigh

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Accuweather.com- 6/28/13

 

Incidents of flash flooding were observed Thursday as storms rolled through the East, dropping several inches of rain in just a few hours. The worst of the flooding occurred along the I-80 corridor across Pennsylvania, forcing the closure of streets and highways as well as evacuations and water rescues.

Damaging wind gusts accompanied some of these storms with several reports of funnel clouds, although no tornadoes were confirmed.

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Epic Rains Hit Iguazu Falls in Brazil

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The Epoch Times, 6/28/13, Associated Press

FOZ DO IGUAZU, Brazil—The majestic Iguazu Falls that straddle the border of Brazil and Argentina have been hit hard by rains that are keeping visitors from seeing the falls up close and leading officials to take measures to prevent flooding.

The amount of water flowing at one of South America’s biggest tourist destinations is now about 13 million liters (roughly 3,434,000 gallons) per second. That’s up from the roughly 1.5 million liters (roughly 396,000 gallons) per second two weeks ago, according to park administrators on the Brazilian side.

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Major Heat Wave for Western US

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Accuweather - 6/28/13, Alex Sosnowski

 

Temperatures will be at full throttle heading into the weekend over the interior West, reaching dangerous levels, challenging records and elevating the wildfire threat.

While many folks over the interior West are accustomed to and expect hot weather during the summer the developing pattern will take the heat to the extreme. In some cities record highs for any date throughout the year could be equaled or breached.

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Volcanic activity worldwide 27 Jun 2013: Santa María / Santiaguito, Pacaya, Fuego, Popocatépetl, K...

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volcanodiscovery-June 27,2012

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Shiveluch (Kamchatka): A phase of intense activity occurred last night starting at 19:10 UTC, and lasting for about 40 minutes. The activity was probably a major collapse of the dome and/or accompanied by explosions. It produced a large ash plume rising to about 10-12 km altitude (VAAC Tokyo) into the atmosphere. Due to cloud cover, no direct observations could be made. ..

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Krakatau volcano news & eruption updates:

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Explosion from Krakatau on 28 March 2013 (Photo: Oystein Lund Andersen)

Krakatau volcano (Sunda Strait, Indonesia) activity update
The group of our current trekking tour on Java climbed the summit of Anak Krakatau on 24 June. Climbing there was very difficult, because of many hot fumarolic spots and strong degassing. The summit of Anak Krakatau is now higher than before the Sep 2012 eruption. One active vent was remaining in the west part.
 
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Eyes on the Sky: June 24 thru June 30

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Published on Jun 23, 2013

 Lyra the Harp is a small constellation that can be found easily in the summer sky due to it being anchored by one of the brightest stars in the sky. It is also filled with fascinating double stars, which are easy to find and observe. Look for Sheliak, Epsilon Lyrae and Delta Lyrae during summer months with binoculars or a telescope. Also, learn where Venus and Saturn are in the evenings. See what's up in the night sky every week with "Eyes on the Sky" videos, astronomy made easy.

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