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Aurora Borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, at this part of the country, localized entirely within maybe as far south as Alabama to northern California? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13503475

Context: https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4552740-severe-geomagnetic-storm-conditions-impacting-earth-noaa-says-what-to-know/amp/

Edit: I have since disavowed this instance

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I also bought into the bit flip theory but it was confirmed that the hardware was somewhat faulty which is an infinitely more likely cause than cosmic rays. There's also the fact that there aren't any bits that could be flipped which would perfectly reproduce the glitch.