For science, forecasting this type of event is very simple, but deciphering its effects is much more complicated. the space agency NASA and the National Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from the USA reported that a solar stormalso called a geomagnetic storm, occurred in the Tierra from the Tuesday, July 19 until the last Thursday, July 21.
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It is important to know that this effect occurs as a result of a flare launched on July 15 and was noticed on July 21 in different parts of the planet, according to the prediction model of the NASA.
Northern lights in north-central Wisconsin. Credit: Ridge Riders. What is solar flare?
The flare triggered a coronal mass ejectionl (CMEfor its acronym in English), an expulsion of plasma and magnetic field of the Sun’s atmosphere and its solar corona.
Bliss time travels at an average speed of 500 kilometers per second, so it takes a few days to reach our planet. This burst of charged particles then hits Earth’s magnetic field and disrupts our atmosphere, causing a solar storm.
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What effects did the solar storm leave?
For now no incidents have been recorded in large-scale telecommunications systems and its impact has been noticed in the form of polar lights as seen in the following video. Also, there has been no major effect in humans. However, the solar flare did reach our planet and was not as massive, so the solar storm that is underway is light level (G1) has moderate (G2).
In that line, the Geophysical Institute of Peruindicated that the geomagnetic storm is expected to be moderate, both in the operations that the satellites normally carry out in their orbit around the Tierra as in the signals of broadcasting services and GPS.
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What is a solar storm?
In short, one solar storm or geomagnetic storm is the disturbance of the earth’s magnetic field when it comes into contact with a large amount of energy from the Soloften due to a coronal mass ejection.
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Why do they originate?
It’s about a freak which originates in a small region of the solar atmosphere consisting of a sudden burst of electromagnetic radiation and energy particles. Also known as solar storms, ranked from 1 to 5 and they can suppose alterations in the terrestrial atmosphere.