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Small CME impact, Record visitor amount

Geomagnetic conditions have subsided considerably since the intense storm conditions during 10 and 11 May. Storm conditions that several times reached the Extreme G5 geomagnetic storm threshold and rivaled the 2003 Halloween Solar Storms.

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