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World Warned to Prepare for Today's Severe Geomagnetic Storm, First in 20 Years (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't know a lot about this so maybe the article is still incorrect, but that may not be as ridiculous as it sounds. The magnetosphere isn't a perfect orb surrounding the planet and I thought I recalled hearing that the 'backside' and the poles were the weaker sides.

https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/magnetism/magnetosphere3.gif

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