Posted on 07/08/2022 11:51:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The crack in the magnet field was created by a rare phenomenon called a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) from the Sun. CIRs are large-scale plasma structures generated in the low and mid-latitude regions of the heliosphere – the region surrounding the Sun that includes the solar magnetic field and the solar winds – when fast and slow-moving streams of solar wind interact.
Like coronal mass ejections (CMEs), CIRs get flung out from the Sun towards Earth and can contain shockwaves and compressed magnetic fields that cause stormy space weather, which usually presents itself to us as pretty aurorae.
This one hit Earth’s magnetic field in the early hours of July 7 and caused a long-lasting G1-class geomagnetic storm. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) analysts suspect a CME was embedded in the solar wind ahead of the CIR, Spaceweather.com reports.
Don't worry, cracks in Earth's magnetic field are normal. The magnetic field acts as a shield to protect us from solar storms spat out by the Sun. It was thought they opened and closed relatively quickly but now we know they can stay open for hours.
"We've discovered that our magnetic shield is drafty, like a house with a window stuck open during a storm," said Harald Frey, lead author of a study on this discovery back in 2003.
(Excerpt) Read more at iflscience.com ...
The article says it hit the earth early on July 7th. Do you know where on early July 7 that would have been as there were 24 different hours at various parts of the earth when it hit. A friend was running a zoom session and his computer tuned out several times in the early evening of July 7th located in Virginia.
IFLS cites Spaceweather site, there’s just a paragraph there:
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=07&month=07&year=2022
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Hunter biden plans visit the site..after mishearing there was a lot of crack.
I hate it when that happens.
Thanks for this interesting link. Unfortunately it did not answer my question. I did find the asteroid schedule quite interesting. I see that a small 22 ft. diameter asteroid passed by at .2 Lunar Distance on July 7th. Also a very large one is due soon. It is a scary almost 1/2 mile in diameter, but fortunately 17 Lunar distances from Earth.
Auroras were the only result of this “crack”. :^)
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