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55: Another Carrington Event? You Are NOT Prepared for the Coming Solar Storms

2022/6/26
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Richard Carrington: 作为1859年卡林顿事件的目击者，Richard Carrington的观测记录为我们理解太阳风暴的威力提供了宝贵的第一手资料。虽然他当时并未完全理解事件的意义，但他的记录标志着人类对太阳风暴研究的开端。他的观测结果显示了太阳表面巨大日冕物质抛射的爆发，以及其对地球磁场产生的剧烈影响。这为后世研究太阳风暴的成因和影响提供了关键的证据，也警示了我们未来可能面临的风险。 播客讲述者: 播客详细阐述了卡林顿事件的经过以及其对当时社会的影响，并以此为基础，深入探讨了未来可能发生的更强太阳风暴的潜在威胁。节目中分析了太阳风暴的成因、类型（太阳耀斑和日冕物质抛射），以及它们对现代社会基础设施（电力系统、通讯系统、卫星系统、交通系统等）的潜在破坏性影响。此外，节目还强调了政府和个人在应对太阳风暴方面的准备不足，呼吁人们提高风险意识，并制定相应的应急预案，包括储备食物、水、能源和通讯设备等。节目还提到了目前的技术手段，例如NASA的STEREO和ACE卫星，可以对太阳风暴进行预警，但预警时间有限，需要人们积极应对。

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The Carrington Event was a massive solar storm in 1859 that caused auroras to be visible globally and disrupted telegraph systems, leading to fires and electric shocks to operators.

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WE'RE DUE FOR ANOTHER CARRINGTON EVENT 

On September 1, 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington was observing a huge sunspot. Suddenly, a flash of intense white light burst from the sun's surface.  He had become the first eye-witness of a major Coronal Mass Ejection or CME. And it was headed straight for earth.  Seventeen hours later, the night sky in North America lit up like the day. Aurora Borealis, typically only seen near the north pole, were visible as far south as Colombia. In the southern hemisphere, Aurora Australis were visible North of Brisbane.  

A few hours later, on September 2, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded crashed into the Earth's atmosphere. Our magnetic field was immediately overpowered and created chaos around the world.  

Nobody had ever seen anything like this before. This became known as the Carrington Event.  

At the time, scientists thought this was a unique phenomenon.  

It wasn't.  

It's happened before, it's happened since and it will happen again.  

And when it does, it could be the worst natural disaster in human history.  

Let's find out why.

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