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What effects will we actually see - what will be manifest for us on Earth - when a solar storm event impacts? For instance, heat, UV, or maybe phenomena in the sky, apart from just weather?
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[CliffordK]

I believe that solar storms can be viewed in the "winter" in polar climates as Northern Lights (or the southern equivalent) or the  Aurora Borealis. 

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I believe that solar storms can be viewed in the "winter" in polar climates as Northern Lights (or the southern equivalent) or the  Aurora Borealis. 

It is definitely wonderful.