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Cat Mom, Photographer, Space Weather Analyst, Researcher, Solar Physicist at ♥️ Always trying to pay it forward! LSC alum ‘18 🐝 (she/her) 💖💜💙 | 💭 = my own

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The sky is giving a big thumbs up for @Wendys
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I can’t believe I witnessed this 😭 From my iPhone, near Danvers, Minnesota on route 12 at 10:18pm CT.
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AHHHHH FINALLYYYYY!!!!
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 months
I see folks have found this 5-CME simulation from M2M 😅 Let's walk through which CMEs are associated with this simulation, shall we? 🧵
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
So grateful for the opportunity to be part of the @NASAArtemis missions 🥹 I have the joy of being one of the night shift folks monitoring real-time Space Weather ahead of Artemis 1’s launch! Can’t believe this is my life 🤩
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😱 OVERHEAD HOLY MOLY 🤩 (Near Pleasant Lake, Minnesota)
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Waiting for the paperwork to go through to make it *officially official* but I just can’t hold it in any longer...DREAMS DO COME TRUE! I’M GOING TO BE A SPACE WEATHER FORECASTER AT NASA!!!!!!!! 😭❤️😭 AHHH!!!
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Carina ☀️ Alden
6 years
#Iamaphysicist at heart, chasing my dreams of becoming a Solar Physicist & Space Weather Scientist. As the Student Rep for the Space Weather Workshop Steering Committee I am finding ways to help future Space Wx Scientists get a head start on their careers! ☀️🚀👩‍🔬 #WomenInScience
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Carina ☀️ Alden
8 months
As a space weather analyst, details and context are everything. When analyzing this CME, it became very clear it was going to be very tricky. Here’s why… 🧵
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Vincent Ledvina
8 months
The X5 flare yesterday produced a fast and wide CME that is expected to give Earth a love tap sometime around 2024-01-02T18:00Z according to NASA CCMC. Here is the ENLIL model. I would temper expectations, but we may see G1 tomorrow from this impact if it hits.
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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"Baby, let the games begin" 🎶 Starting to see a potential arrival signature at STEREO A 👀
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Carina ☀️ Alden
3 years
And the NASA WSA-ENLIL results are in! Estimates have KP ranging from 6 to 8!!! If this verifies we could be in a real treat for aurora this weekend 🤩
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Carina ☀️ Alden
3 years
We're starting to see this CME in SOHO imagery!! SO EXCITING!!
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Carina ☀️ Alden
5 years
Space Weather nerd DNA 🔭 🚀 🌎 🌞 🔭 🚀 🌎 🌞 🔭🚀 🌞🌎 🚀 🔭 🌞 🌎 🚀 🔭 🌞 🌎 🚀 🔭 🌞🌎 🔭🚀 🌎 🌞 🔭 🚀 🌎 🌞 🔭 🚀
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Dakota Smith
5 years
Weather geek DNA 🌪 ⚡️ ❄️ 🌀 🌪 ⚡️ ❄️ 🌀 🌪⚡️ 🌀❄️ ⚡️ 🌪 🌀 ❄️ ⚡️ 🌪 🌀 ❄️ ⚡️ 🌪 🌀 ❄️ ⚡️🌪 ❄️🌀 🌪 ⚡️ ❄️ 🌀 🌪 ⚡️ ❄️ 🌀
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 years
After many posts for #WomenInScienceDay explaining how I wanted to get into the field, this year I’m finally a true scientist! I’m in training as a Space Weather Analyst for @NASAGoddard and I couldn’t be happier 🥰❤️ Dreams do come true, you just gotta let your passion shine!
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Carina ☀️ Alden
7 months
10 years ago, I was a lost undergrad freshman in meteorology, attending my first AMS with hopes of finding something to be passionate about. Today, I’m a Space Weather Analyst who fulfilled her dreams of working the NASA booth and did her first Hyperwall talk 🥹❤️ #AMS2024
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Carina ☀️ Alden
9 months
Please please please understand this is based on the SHOCK of the CME and NOT the bulk measurement. We do this for SEP modeling at NASA. The ✨PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS ✨ of the BULK shows a glancing blow with KP < 4 which is more realistic at L1 for expectations.
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Harlan Thomas
9 months
Hard to believe but the analysis of the X2.8 solar flare has been done that was quick. The solar flare did have an associated CME, that is Earth directed arrival on the 17th. #CME #SpaceWeather
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Carina ☀️ Alden
7 years
#Iamaphysicist in the making, taking every opportunity to learn more about #SolarPhysics and #SpaceWeather through internships and REUs! Looking forward to graduate school and jobs in the field! 😍🤓🚀🔭 #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
Despite switching majors in college, I am very thankful that I learned how to read METAR data before leaving the meteorology degree behind! Want to know why? Take a look at the remarks (RMK) from @MWObs METAR's from last night 👇 Notice anything? 🤩 #AuroraBorealis
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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#Iamaphysicist at heart, chasing my dreams of becoming a Solar Physicist & Space Weather Scientist. As the Student Rep for the Space Weather Workshop Steering Committee I am finding ways to help future Space Wx Scientists get a head start on their careers! ☀️🚀👩‍🔬 #WomenInScience
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 months
Oh it’s me 🙈❤️
@NASASun
NASA Sun & Space
4 months
NASA’s Moon to Mars Space Weather Analysis Office is hard at work this weekend to monitor solar activity! NASA monitors flares and coronal mass ejections to support our space missions.
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Carina ☀️ Alden
7 months
I want to take a minute and appreciate the resulting CME (even if it was a little messy) there's a lot to look at! Like that filament material that's clearly visible all the way into SOHO LASCO C3 (possible h-alpha emission) and the way it kinda ripples towards the end 😍
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Carina ☀️ Alden
7 months
I love watching the filament material precipitate back onto the Sun's surface...seeing that extra portion sit and separate along an "invisible" magnetic field line is just the cherry on top! 🤩💕
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Carina ☀️ Alden
8 months
Stunning dimming associated with the X5.0 flare from AR 3536 🤩
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Halo CME
8 months
I am fortunate to end year 2023 with this spectacular X5.0 (not X4.8, sorry for the typo) event. The global coronal wave is quite impressive as captured in this video. I presume there was a big CME (coronagraph data not available yet at this moment.)
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Carina ☀️ Alden
5 months
@SeVoSpace Looks like you caught the one @SungrazerComets mentioned on his feed!
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Karl Battams
5 months
As I predicted, at least a couple of astronomers found that yesterday's small SOHO sungrazing comet discovery was visible in their wide-field eclipse photos. This one, from Lin Zixuan (original found here: ), is the first "published" image I've seen. ☀️☄️
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 years
Incredibly beautiful storm going by ❤️ #VTwx #StormHour
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Carina ☀️ Alden
1 year
While everyone is chatting about the arrival at L1, I'll be looking at the pretty 3-part CMEs from the weekend (especially this lightbulb, it's just so pretty 😍)
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
Our awaited CME has indeed arrived! I’m curious to see how the signature will compare to what was seen at Solar Orbiter 👀 So far, we’ve got a great shock detected by DSCOVR at L1! (Click image to see from top to bottom: Solar Wind, Temp, Density, then Magnetic Field)
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Dr. Erika Palmerio
2 years
The Mar 10 CME has been already detected in situ by Solar Orbiter, currently at ~0.44 AU and ~10° west of the Sun–Earth line, giving us a hint of what we may approximately encounter starting in late Mar 13 💨🛰 A pretty flux rope structure is present, and a bit of negative Bz!
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Carina ☀️ Alden
10 months
The biggest puzzle piece I’ve ever seen 🧩
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Carina ☀️ Alden
5 years
What happens if I don't get into grad school? How do I keep my brain interested in the subject(s) I want to study? I would be going into my third year post B.A. (I took one year intentionally, the second happened due to financial reasons). #phdchat @AcademicChatter
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Carina ☀️ Alden
10 months
To give you an idea of why this arrival is looking pretty weak, here's the comparison of the magnitude of last weekend's triple arrival vs the start of the current L1 disturbance 😂
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Carina ☀️ Alden
1 year
Happy Solstice! ☀️ Did you see me on your local news station this morning? I had an incredible time talking about @NASASun and the #HelioBigYear we’ve got in store! (And that’s a wrap on my first time doing interviews for NASA! 🥹❤️)
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 months
When we take a look at the timelines, we can see the models suggest a combined arrival at Earth (for the most part) with an estimated Kp range of 8 to 9 😳 Now, A LOT has to go right for this to verify..but that's a whole other thread/discussion 😅
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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Hey @taylorswift13 if you do end up in Maryland, you should stop by @NASAGoddard to see what it’s really like to stare (in)directly at the Sun everyday! 😉 Sincerely, a Space Weather Analyst (and swiftie 🥹) whose job includes staring safely at the sun all day 😅☀️
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Carina ☀️ Alden
7 years
Back of camera here in the #NEK of #VT ! Hard to tell by eye, but clear on camera! @NorthLightAlert @TamithaSkov @TweetAurora
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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Once we finally had measurements and simulations of each CME, we launched one more simulation that entered all 5 CMEs into the same solar wind background at their respective Time at 21.5R. Which ended up looking like this big mess👇
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 months
It may be far-sided but we’re seeing the solar energetic particle effects here at Earth!! We’ve seen SOHO, GOES, and our neighbor STEREO A detecting particles from this eruption! The estimated source longitude (based on preliminary analysis) is around 172 degrees 😳 Incredible!
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☀️ Sara Housseal ☀️
2 months
The backside of the Sun (CME directed away from Earth) is literally laughing at us right now. 💥
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 years
I was reading The Invention of Wings by @suemonkkidd last night and came across this sentence: “To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil.” Do not stay silent. #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter
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Carina ☀️ Alden
1 year
We’ve still got to wait on the data to develop at L1, but if we look at what occurred a little earlier today at STA, we can see the B_z component stayed North for a good chunk of time. Here’s to hoping it’s not the same at Earth and that we get some great aurora tonight! 🤞
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Space Weather Watch
1 year
An interplanetary shock was observed at Earth, likely associated with the CME late on May 7. Minor to moderate geomagnetic storming is likely tonight, with strong storming possible. This will be only post on this event—I’m going aurora chasing tonight! 😳
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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Can’t believe this is my life?! 🤩 The Moon to Mars Space Weather Analysis Office got a special shout-out at todays visit with the Artemis II crew, our team even had reserved seats near the front 🥹 it was amazing!! Never stop chasing those dreams y’all. Never ❤️
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Carina ☀️ Alden
6 months
These simulation results show the SHOCK measurement. The bulk of the CME will miss to the south. Please don’t copy details from DONKI and exclude the CME note. This is misleading and can lead to folks losing trust in our analysis as well as others.
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Harlan Thomas
6 months
Possible CME coming our way, from a coronal dimming event on the Southeast of the Sun, that I could not see in Helioviewer. Here is the blurb from DONKI: Note: This CME is visible to the south/southeast in SOHO LASCO C2, C3 and after a data gap in STEREO A COR2 imagery. The CME
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Carina ☀️ Alden
10 months
Wow! What a great capture! I absolutely love atmospheric optical phenomena 🤩 Not only are there halos present, but a sun pillar, a parry arc, a upper tangent arc, and even a faint circumzenithal arc. Here’s a great image of some of the phenomena captured curtesy of NOAA.
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Göran Strand
10 months
Today we got a really beautiful double solar halo over Östersund, Sweden. Nikon Z9 with Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2,8 S @NikonEurope #Nikon #solarhalo #halo
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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And, another CME is on the way that didn't make it into the simulation above! It was first seen in STEREO A at 2024-05-09T18:23Z following the X1.1 flare from AR13664. When simulated on its own, this CME is expected to arrive near Earth around 2024-05-11T07:55Z (+/- 7 hours).
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Carina ☀️ Alden
11 months
@astro_jaz Photos from the telescope used in the NASA live feed vs my phone attempt ☠️😂
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 years
Loving my workspace with my new additions from @SciFiPainter 😍
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 years
Hi! I'm Carina, an aspiring solar physicist looking into grad schools to learn more about the solar atmosphere! I'm extremely interested in CME's, filaments/prominences, with a curiosity towards Alfvén waves. If you're looking for a student, please dm me! ☀️ #spacewx #solarphysics
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Carina ☀️ Alden
5 years
@JacquelynGill I'm a future solar physicist 🤓 Currently applying to graduate schools to hopefully learn more about the sun and its many mysteries! I'm also a photographer who enjoys dressing like Ms. Frizzle🚀 (and yes, that's the Carina Nebula picture at @NASAGoddard behind me😍)
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
Tested out the astrophotography ability on my iPhone very briefly, I’m pleasantly surprised honestly!
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Carina ☀️ Alden
3 years
@spaceandweather WEAR THE DRESS!! Life is too short to care about what other people think. If it helps, do a power pose in the dress for a good minute before you go anywhere and talk yourself up in front of the mirror wearing it. I'm sure your confidence will shine through 💕
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 months
There are a lot of details I wasn't able to share here due to character limitations, so if you have any questions let me know and I will do my best to answer them! To get the full details and official space weather forecasts, check out @NWSSWPC 🌞
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Carina ☀️ Alden
5 months
And eruptions like these is why using “source location” to measure CMEs doesn’t always work 😂
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Dr. Ryan French
5 months
A nice little burst of plasma yesterday, flowing along the coronal magnetic field! #spaceweather (data from SUVI)
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Carina ☀️ Alden
8 months
The irony is that we've just surpassed this with an X5.0 flare 💥 from the same region, but renumbered since it has made its full rotation around the far side of the Sun!
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NASA Sun & Space
8 months
Happy #SunDay ! It’s time for another Solar Superlative announcement. 🏆 The award for “Biggest Flare of 2023” goes to the X2.8 flare from December 14! To learn more about solar flares, you can visit:
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
We’re at it again tonight! Been on since 6pm ET. Keeping my fingers crossed that we’ll see a launch this round!! 🤞 GO ARTEMIS GO!! 🚀🌙 #Artemis1 #ArtemisI #SpaceWeather
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
So grateful for the opportunity to be part of the @NASAArtemis missions 🥹 I have the joy of being one of the night shift folks monitoring real-time Space Weather ahead of Artemis 1’s launch! Can’t believe this is my life 🤩
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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I couldn’t stop looking at this eruption today 😍
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NASA Sun & Space
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The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on Feb. 16, peaking at 1:53am ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which was classified as X2.5.
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 years
The college I graduate from may be closing permanently on Monday 💔 I can’t imagine how difficult this year already was for the students at the college, but now this? My heart breaks for them. My heart breaks for those who won’t be able to attend. My heart breaks for LSC fam.
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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We've got northern lights in Colchester, VT!! (My old home 😭) @TamithaSkov @TweetAurora
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Carina ☀️ Alden
10 months
The bulk of the CME is seen headed to the left here, but there is a very nice shock feature that appears as a halo! If you look at the source signature in SDO/AIA 211 you can see some of the EUV wave towards the Earth-facing disk, but in my opinion it’s mostly a far sided shock.
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Hunte☈ Fowkes
10 months
Someone, way more educated in space weather, please tell me if I'm wrong, but this looks like there absolutely is some earth directed component from the M1.4 CME launched from the sun last night.
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Carina ☀️ Alden
9 months
🚨 JOB OPENING 🚨 Have you been following the recent #SpaceWx activity wishing there was a way you could join in on the fun? Well, now you can! NASA’s Moon-to-Mars (M2M) Space Weather Analysis Office is hiring a Space Weather Analyst! Learn more here:
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Carina ☀️ Alden
7 months
Starting to see a rise in the protons at GOES, they’re climbing fast! (from @NWSSWPC website)
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SpaceWeatherLive
7 months
Strong M6.83 flare from sunspot region 3559 Follow live on
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Carina ☀️ Alden
1 year
Comets are pretty useful when they graze the sun! We can use their tails to get an idea of the configuration of the sun’s magnetic field 😍 (Learn more here: )
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Space Weather Watch
1 year
Contrary to popular belief, a comet’s tail doesn’t always point behind the direction the comet is moving in—it’s actually an effect of the solar wind from the Sun blowing particles and gas off the comet. When comets get close to and “pass by” the Sun, the tail can sometimes
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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And as always, a gentle reminder: The simulations the M2M team produces aren’t for the general public to know when there will be chances for aurora (sorry). They’re used to help predict potential impacts to NASA human and robotic missions.
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
Ahh! Look! It's me!! 🙈💕🌞
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NASA Sun & Space
2 years
Carina Alden is a space weather analyst with the @NASAGoddard Moon to Mars Space Weather Analysis Office. She monitors solar activity and any impacts our Sun may have across the solar system in support of NASA deep space human and robotic missions. #WHM
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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Note to self: do not look at space weather twitter the night after a crazy shift and/or the night before a shift when you KNOW it's been active lately... I feel like the Sun is mocking me by "smirking" knowing full well I'll be on shift tomorrow 😅
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Carina ☀️ Alden
6 years
@MichaelGalanin Made me think about part of the Mandelbrot Set! 😍
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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I know the sun has been popping off lately, but gosh I truly love how it paints the sky 🥹❤️
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Carina ☀️ Alden
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First up, we've got the halo CME first seen in SOHO LASCO C2 at 2024-05-08T05:36Z. This CME is associated with two flares (M3.5 and X1.0) from AR13664. When simulated on its own, this CME was expected to arrive near Earth around 2024-05-10T12:14Z (+/- 7 hours).
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Carina ☀️ Alden
3 years
I went to my first star party in Maryland and was able to share views from my telescope of the sun, the moon, Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter (and 4 of its moons!) 😍 it was such a fun and fulfilling night 🥰 And here’s a beautiful photo of the moon from my telescope tonight 🔭 🌙
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Carina ☀️ Alden
1 year
Wow! The Sun has been busy the past day with flares and filament eruptions! I grabbed a download from the SDO website and added pauses to it to try & highlight the many different eruptions. I think I might do this more often, but maybe with annotations or voice over next time!
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Carina ☀️ Alden
3 years
This is a before and after the #JohnsonAndJohnsonVaccine 😂 I’ve mentioned it before on here but haven’t talked about in awhile. I have agoraphobia. Leading up to today was SO tough with the anxiety of going to a vaccination site, but I knew I had to do it. And I did ♥️ 💪 ♥️
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
Very excited to be participating in @LettersPreSci for the first time this year! Sent my pre-scientist some goodies I hope they’ll enjoy 🥰
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Carina ☀️ Alden
3 years
@ravenscimaven I don’t have a pic but a video 😂 (it’s towards the end of it 🤣)
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Carina ☀️ Alden
11 months
Thank you, Kerrville, TX for a day full of fun! ☀️🌕🌎 it’s been a blast being here with @NASASun to help staff the booths for the #AnnularEclipse 🤩 #SolarEclipse #Eclipse2023
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 years
Gosh I love that I'm finally going to learn what I've always wanted to learn about Space Weather and it's going to be for my JOB!!! Ahhhhhhh!!
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Carina ☀️ Alden
6 years
I started a new job yesterday and although the commute is long, it’s totally worth it 🥰 I love the group I’m working with and I’m learning SO MUCH! I gotta say...It’s so nice having a place I feel like I belong after 6 l-o-n-g months without a job 🙌🏻🤓 #thankful
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Carina ☀️ Alden
9 months
Merry Christmas everyone ❤️💚
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Carina ☀️ Alden
6 years
Am I wrong in thinking this is a little over-hyped? Would love a discussion about media and why they chose certain storms over others... @TamithaSkov @halocme @dmaluk1 @ADphotography24 @Astro_Matt27 thoughts?
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Carina ☀️ Alden
6 years
When your name happens to be a constellation and a nebula and you find pictures of both at NASA...of course I had to take pictures with them! 😍 . #NASA #CarinaNebula #CarinaConstellation #Science #HubbleSpaceTelescope
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Carina ☀️ Alden
5 years
@starstrickenSF ⁩ you appeared on my Facebook feed today! One of my friends shared this and I was like “Wait. I recognize that name...WAIT. I KNOW HER. I FOLLOW HER! SHES A FREAKIN’ BADA$$!!” Just had to share how your awesomeness is spreading across platforms 😍❤️
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Carina ☀️ Alden
5 years
Whenever I'm feeling down about my abilities, I always remember how special my story is & how badly want it to grow. I need to remember that I can get through the applications. I'm going to get into grad school. I'm going to become a Solar Physicist. My story doesn't end here.
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Carina ☀️ Alden
3 months
I agree with @halocme and @SNHWx , looking at the EUV imagery there seems to be nearly simultaneous eruptions on the far-side as the large flares on the Earth-side. Looking super closely at GOES SUVI 304 there’s filament ejecta visible along the limb, possibly far-sided, ~19Z.
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Halo CME
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Second X-class (X1.0) flare of June 2024, followed by an M7.4 flare. The X1.0 looked as boring 🥱 as the X1.1 on May 31 and X1.4 on June 1, but the M7.4 was eruptive as seen in this video. Question: was the eruption seen over the limb during 18:45-18:55 related to AR 13967?
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 years
The only corona I wanna hear or talk about, is this one. (Image Credit & Copyright: Nicolas Lefaudeux, courtesy of @apod - )
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
I completely failed Atmospheric Thermodynamics. I took Calc 2 a total of three times before getting through it. I got rejected from nearly all grad programs I applied to, never making it beyond my bachelors. I’m now a Space Weather Analyst at NASA GSFC ☀️ 🚀 #NeverStopDreaming
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Gaurav Sabnis
2 years
Flex your lowest academic low score. To remind us that almost everyone fails at some point in life but it isn't the end of the road. Just a memory in the end. Mine was 27/100 in Engineering Math 2, just a year after I'd scored 99 in 12th boards. Much needed kick in my butt.
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
Years ago while attending AMS, I remember going to the NASA table in the exhibit hall and thinking, gosh this is so cool! How do I get a job where I get to talk about NASA at conferences?! Well, it turns out, once you work at NASA you can volunteer to do just that 🥹❤️ #AAASmtg
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
“Is that a sun dress?” Yes. Yes it is 😌☀️
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Carina ☀️ Alden
3 years
As a photographer, it’s not often I find myself in front of the camera, but my SO encouraged me to pose for a few while on vacation last week. I was really surprised how well they came out 🙈 I think this is my new fav pic of me! 🥰 PC: @brandonsmith_wx
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Carina ☀️ Alden
5 months
Had the absolute pleasure of speaking on a panel yesterday about the Moon to Mars Space Weather Analysis Office at #SWW2024 yesterday! If you missed it and are in-person today, I’ll be at poster 21 during the poster sessions!
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Carina ☀️ Alden
6 years
@TheUmno @NEOCMaine Looks like they had some nice #aurora between the clouds around 10:45pm! #ME
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Carina ☀️ Alden
5 months
Today I experienced a total solar eclipse from 35,000 ft ✈️🤩 @SouthwestAir @OmniHotels The angles were a little difficult for seeing the eclipse itself and I didn’t think about pictures through glass 😅 but it was amazing to see so much of the sunset on the horizon from above!
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 years
There’s snow outside and I need a pick-me-up. I believe hot cocoa in a constellation mug will do the trick 🥰
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Carina ☀️ Alden
8 months
The analysis is published to DONKI in support of the research community. To get official forecasts, check out @NWSSWPC ☀️
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 months
Seeing a lot of folks successfully capturing aurora and sprites last night!! If you’re one of the “winners” 😉 from last night, be sure to submit your reports to @TweetAurora and @spritacular ! 🎉
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Amelia Urquhart 🏳️‍⚧️
2 months
Add me to the list of tonight’s winners
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 years
And now I'm an Operational Space Weather Forecaster in training for NASA's Moon to Mars mission group 😭☀️💖 I am truly thankful for the opportunities I'm provided daily working with this team and community!
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Carina ☀️ Alden
5 years
Saw this on Facebook this morning and (1) I want to fix typos and (2) I want to delete this 🤦‍♀️ #spacewx #clickbait who thinks I should comment on it with a link to SWPC? @SpaceWxMike @spaceyliz @TamithaSkov @SNHWx
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Carina ☀️ Alden
4 months
Thirdly, we've got the filament eruption related CME first seen in SOHO LASCO C2 at 2024-05-08T19:12Z. When simulated on its own, this CME was expected to arrive near Earth around 2024-05-11T06:51Z (+/- 7 hours).
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Carina ☀️ Alden
11 months
See you all there 😉
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Night Sky Network
11 months
Curious to know what it’s like to analyze Space Weather real-time? Carina Alden will take us through a day in the life of what it’s like being a Space Weather Analyst. Tune in on Thursday October 26, 2023 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET at
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Carina ☀️ Alden
3 years
The Sun is at it again, giving us a nice halo CME associated with a long-duration M1.6 flare from AR12891 seen in SDO/AIA 131. (There was a quick M1.7 flare from AR12887 not associated with this CME). The halo CME is visible in SOHO LASCO C2 (seen below), C3, and STEREO-A COR2 🌞
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
WOOO ARTEMIS LAUNCHED!!! I’m officially off shift (technically have been off since midnight but I had to stay and watch 😉). Now I’m handing the baton to @cjstuben9 ! Can’t wait to see what happens next 🚀🌙 #Artemis
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Carina ☀️ Alden
5 years
. @wx_becks talk at #NESC2019 reminded me of one of my favorite quotes that I’ve come across:
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Carina ☀️ Alden
2 years
ICYMI: Active Region 12975 has been putting on quite a show as it has traversed the Earth-facing disk and today is no exception! We saw three M-class flares from this region, including this M3.9 class flare that peaked at 13:55Z today 🤩 #spacewx
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