This is the view of the Earth and a very vivid image of the Aurora from the International Space Station. This is an image above the southern Indian Ocean, between Australia and Antarctica. ( Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:56 EDT , Source: NASA )
But, that is not the only thing why Aurora is so interesting these days. The Earth allegedly survived a huge double geomagnetic storm, or solar flare.
A massive solar flare can cause fluctuation in communication, errors of satellites, power grids and glitches in various electronic devices. Overall it is harmless for the life on the Earth and you can enjoy the display of the Northern Lights further south than usual.
But, this event was a G2 moderate level, what would happen if much stronger flare hit us is open for the debate. The thing is that we are completely unprepared for anything like that.
While some people think that super massive flares could wipe us out, others are not so convinced. The multitrillion dollar disaster caused by failure technology is not really a cause of the alarm, as infrastructure can be rebuilt rather quickly. Multiple scale bigger flares are a story for themselves.
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