The eclipse coincided with a magnetic storm
07/24/2009 16:14:39 The Russian space observatory TESIS, located on board the Coronas-FOTON satellite, recorded the strongest magnetic storm in the last seven months, the onset of which coincided with the recent eclipse. On a scale of ten, she was given a rating of six. This was reported in a press release on the observatory’s website, Lenta.ru reports. According to the researchers, the occurrence of such a strong storm is a rather unexpected event.