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22. Wow that was very cool!

Thu Feb 17, 2022, 12:53 AM

Feb 2022

Never even knew there was such a thing as space weather. Fascinating!

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What's up in space, HUGE FARSIDE EXPLOSION (UPDATED) [View all] DesertGarden Feb 2022 OP

Yikes! 2naSalit Feb 2022 #2

Carrington Event of 1859 VGNonly Feb 2022 #3

The main damage will be most satellites. Jacson6 Feb 2022 #5

Any hope for one taking out just Facebook? LudwigPastorius Feb 2022 #6

Sorry! The Internet is distributed by many satellites Jacson6 Feb 2022 #8

How about just members of the Asshole Party? Get Me Outta Here Feb 2022 #9

Welcome to DU, Get Me Outta Here! calimary Feb 2022 #17

I read that 40 of 49 Starlink satellites WhiteTara Feb 2022 #10

Yes, Elon Musk lost a few million dollars in satellites. Jacson6 Feb 2022 #19

Welcome to DU, Jacson6! calimary Feb 2022 #18

Keep up with Space Weather with the Space Weather Gal! Jacson6 Feb 2022 #4

Wow that was very cool! mahina Feb 2022 #22

Holy shit orangecrush Feb 2022 #11

I was expecting a Gary Larsen comic Generic Brad Feb 2022 #13

Me too! CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #15

Oh phew mahina Feb 2022 #23

I was too. :) frogmarch Feb 2022 #24

A solar flair could wipe out power grid and electrical equipment. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #14

Any metal can act as a Faraday cage. Jacson6 Feb 2022 #20

It's more of a myth that cars would be disabled. NutmegYankee Feb 2022 #27

Sounds like a crank up SW radio multigraincracker Feb 2022 #28

Looks like he needs some tums. BootinUp Feb 2022 #16

Am I the only one who came for the Far Side cartoon? mahina Feb 2022 #21

Nah canetoad Feb 2022 #25

Super cool space weather stuff though mahina Feb 2022 #26

Isn't that the cause of Global Warming? Ford_Prefect Feb 2022 #29

Kick Omaha Steve Feb 2022 #30