Geomagnetic storm that just missed the Earth

July 23, 2012 Sun released two powerful plasma cloud that missed quite a bit with the earth's atmosphere. By opinion physicists NASA , it was the most powerful coronal mass ejections in the past 150 years. If the plasma hit the Earth, it most likely would have caused widespread power outages and damage to the satellite communications.

Modern people would remember how to survive in the absence of electricity. Under the assumption of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, the total economic damage to the world economy could reach $ 2 trillion, and the restoration of defective transformers could take years. In other words, we would still be reduced grid.

After damage the power grid and satellite communications have suffered direct damage to world trade, transport system, agriculture, water, health care system, the military system, etc. We can say that the daily life of the people too would have changed for the worse.

The video shows the coronal mass ejections from the July 22, 2012 22:00 EDT until July 23, 2012, 2:00 EDT. Shooting is made at the Observatory Solar Terrestrial RElations Observatory-Ahead (STEREO-A), the video is repeated three times.



Experts estimate that a coronal mass ejection could get on earth, if there was a week earlier, when the corresponding portion of the sun was in front of our planet.

Previous release of such power случился 1859 , he is known as the "Carrington Event" after astronomer who gave it. At that time, the Northern Lights can be seen on the latitude of Cuba and Hawaii, and the storm has led to the failure of telegraph systems all over Europe and North America.

Topic NASA Coronal Mass Ejection 22-23 July 2012


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