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
01:03planet