"That wasn't local," Umbra said, "it came from over the horizon... I think."
Ian was happy for the time to consider a response.
"It did," he said, "you can get a flash at sunrise or sunset, but wrong geography here. And nothing like that."
He paused, his dad's head nodded, Umbra had an enigmatic smile.
"I know where to check," he said, "but want my padlet, easier."
He stepped, discovered Anna was coming.
"Mind if I tag along?" Umbra's question, Ian saw Brad nod as he stepped toward his parents. Ian shrugged a nod.
"Solar flash," Ian looked up from his padlet, multiple overlaid windows fought for attention, "dayside observatories claim something hit the sun! Asteroid, meteor, not sure yet. Lots of work on videos, but we lost the whole network of close in heliospheric satellites. Stil
