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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 HEMP is an event from a cascade of electrons. Not sure what they mean by cascade there.
Anyway from what I have read, the Northern lights occur with collisions with oxygen molecules about 60 miles (or about 96 km as I am sure you prefer). It just seems both events have enough in common to produce some of the same effect.
While a solar flair is due to a stream of electrons and ions(I hope that I got that correct). A HEMP is an event from a cascade of electrons. Not sure what they mean by cascade there.
Anyway from what I have read, the Northern lights occur with collisions with oxygen molecules about 60 miles (or about 96 km as I am sure you prefer). It just seems both events have enough in common to produce some of the same effect.