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In the XIX-th century, a powerful solar storm burned a lot of telegraph poles
The strongest geomagnetic storm in istorii
September 1st, 1859, the year the British astronomer Richard Carrington watched the sun, observed on the Sun. unusually frequent and violent outbursts and numerous spots. While he was trying to understand what it could mean, there was a powerful coronal mass ejection (ejection of matter from the solar corona), with terrifying speed rushed to the Earth.
It has reached our planet in just 18 hours (usually release it takes 2-3 days) and provoked the strongest ever recorded geomagnetic storm with a total capacity equivalent to ten hydrogen bomb. Later, this phenomenon is called the Carrington Event, as it is known as Sunny superstorms.
During superstorms Earth literally electrified in many countries stopped telegraphic message - wires rained sparks, lighted poles and telegraph apparatus to work one and a half minutes of being disconnected from the power supply. Worldwide, we see the northern lights and other interesting solar phenomena. For example, in the Rocky Mountains (Cordillera mountain range, the west coast of America) lit up the sky as a bright light that miners woke up and started to prepare breakfast, thinking that it was morning.
If this happens on the power of emissions in our time, the consequences will be much more catastrophic: every possible collapse of global electronic systems, from the GPS to the payment systems, will begin countless problems with electricity, not to mention the mobile communications and the Internet. Fortunately, while emissions will reach the Earth, people will have a few hours to prepare for a solar storm and minimize the damage.
via factroom.ru
September 1st, 1859, the year the British astronomer Richard Carrington watched the sun, observed on the Sun. unusually frequent and violent outbursts and numerous spots. While he was trying to understand what it could mean, there was a powerful coronal mass ejection (ejection of matter from the solar corona), with terrifying speed rushed to the Earth.
It has reached our planet in just 18 hours (usually release it takes 2-3 days) and provoked the strongest ever recorded geomagnetic storm with a total capacity equivalent to ten hydrogen bomb. Later, this phenomenon is called the Carrington Event, as it is known as Sunny superstorms.
During superstorms Earth literally electrified in many countries stopped telegraphic message - wires rained sparks, lighted poles and telegraph apparatus to work one and a half minutes of being disconnected from the power supply. Worldwide, we see the northern lights and other interesting solar phenomena. For example, in the Rocky Mountains (Cordillera mountain range, the west coast of America) lit up the sky as a bright light that miners woke up and started to prepare breakfast, thinking that it was morning.
If this happens on the power of emissions in our time, the consequences will be much more catastrophic: every possible collapse of global electronic systems, from the GPS to the payment systems, will begin countless problems with electricity, not to mention the mobile communications and the Internet. Fortunately, while emissions will reach the Earth, people will have a few hours to prepare for a solar storm and minimize the damage.
via factroom.ru
