Forecasters say solar maximum is still a year away. Earlier this month sky watchers got a taste of things to come when a powerful flare sparked Northern Lights over the United States as far south as Arkansas, Colorado and California.
FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/20jul_tasteofsolarmax/
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VVYb-snvJ8
