Posted on 03/04/2021 7:48:34 PM PST by blueplum
When it comes to extreme weather, it's safe to say a "space hurricane" qualifies.
Scientists said last week they observed a previously unknown phenomenon — a 620-mile-wide swirling mass of plasma that roiled for hours in Earth's upper atmosphere, raining electrons instead of water.
The researchers labeled the disturbance a space hurricane because it resembled and behaved like the rotating storm systems that routinely batter coastlines around the world. But until now, they were not known to exist.
...Lyons said this type of discovery is one that could have been easily missed had the researchers not spotted clues in the six-year-old data and had the patience to stitch together all the threads.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
It’s bad if you have a positive outlook on life...
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Solar minimum is removing plasma protection of the Earth. This could erald a global cooling because this plasma rain tends to cause ion fabricating clouds to form. Floods in China are an indication.
“Raining” electrons are insignificant- blocked by practically nothing.
The tornado/hurricane structure is interesting though.
Darn it! I just took my electron tires off last weekend.
Quarknado?
Biden thought they said erectrons, and started breathing funny...
That's a highly misleading meme. It certainly seems to imply that the "space hurricane" came through a week ago. In fact, it was 7 years ago. The "hurricane" came through, and it took 7 years to realize it. That maybe is an important scientific discovery, but it was hardly a serious "storm".
Took 28 posts for someone to notice that.
These scientists were looking through old pictures and noticed this major occurrence so of course NBC reports it breathlessly.
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