WOW there was just a gigantic explosion on the Sun's farside, just off the western limb BOOMSHAKALAKA! Truly a colossal CME that is *not* Earth direct through a radiation storm could hit us from this. This also interestingly triggers the planetary alignment coming up...
Saw a sundog very VERY low in the atmosphere! It was basically hovering over the ski village, my friends saw it too directly overhead. Super cool! And very unusual...