These Insane Solar Storms Were Detected on the Seafloor!

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Recently the Sun released an X-class flare with a coronal mass ejection heading right towards our planet. Now experts say the solar storm was so strong it was even felt at the bottom of the ocean.

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00:00recently the sun released an x-class flare with a coronal mass ejection heading right towards

00:08our planet the resulting solar storm caused communications disruptions in the southern

00:12hemisphere but it also produced gorgeous auroras in areas that never get to see them now experts

00:18say the solar storm was so strong it was even felt at the bottom of the ocean ocean networks

00:22canada an ocean monitoring organization say they recorded a significant reading via their magnetic

00:28compasses on the seafloor those readings were captured at depths of around 1.7 miles with one

00:34of the researchers saying about the anomaly quote i looked into whether it was potentially an

00:38earthquake but that didn't make a lot of sense because the changes in the data were lasting for

00:42too long and concurrently at different locations they then looked into solar flares knowing that

00:48the sun had been so active and the readings coincided when the next solar flare struck earth just a few

00:53days later they recorded the same needle wobble on their instruments confirming their suspicions

00:58experts say this has resulted in new tools for the measuring of solar activity and its effects on our

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