SPACE WEATHER

The source is the Sun, Quiescent and active, Features appearing and changing In minutes to years. Internal forces erupting and driving The solar dynamo. Light and heat to stir life on Earth; A solar wind to caress the planets. Huge explosions driving forth Great clouds of plasma, Travelling the vast expanse of space, Creating aurora and magnetic storms. Huge flares: light, X-rays, And bursts of radio energy; A thunderous crashing of static, Disrupting communications and navigation. Relativistic radiation, Energetic and deadly, Pursuing paths to prescribe Our tentative forays into the final frontier.