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Undergrad Would a HEMP event cause the northern lights?
Thank you! Great explanation. By the way, with help from your link I found some declassified video of the event(s). It does indeed create a fishbowl. Personally, I think a better description would be to classify it as a dome. This video shows many of the high atmospheric explosion tests...- thisisweak
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Undergrad Northern lights and the magnetic field
My understanding is that what you are seeing is collisions between oxygen molecules in the atmosphere and electrons and ions from a solar flair. What causes the pattern rather than just a random set of static like you would logically get I can not answer. Magnetism makes sense to me, since it...- thisisweak
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Undergrad Would a HEMP event cause the northern lights?
Hello, I looked everywhere and elsewhere for an answer to this. And I can't seem to find an answer. If a High-altitude Electromagnetic Pulse was detonated, Would this set off the Northern Lights? While a solar flair is due to a stream of electrons and ions(I hope that I got that correct). A...- thisisweak
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