Space Weather Gets Real—on Smartphones

S10006, doi:10.1029/2010SW000619.True to the saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words,” society’s affinity for visual images has driven inno-vative efforts to see space weather as it happens. The newest frontiers of these efforts involve applications, or apps, on cel-lular phones, allowing space weather researchers, operators, and teachers, as well as other interested parties, to have the ability to monitor conditions in real time with just the touch of a button.