Aurora is a solar storm. Let us look at the damage or effects caused by this solar storm. Satellites in short earth orbits, i.e. between 200 and 1600 km, suffer more damage. There are some important satellites in this low earth orbit. Which help us in our daily activities. That could be in the navigation field. It can even be in the field of military, intelligence, or telecommunications.
These types of solar storms disturb the magnetic field surrounding earth. It affects. Its influence falls mostly on the satellites there. They are more likely to damage by friction with the satellites. It can also cause fire. At some point temperature affects the outer atmosphere. A lot of energy comes from this solar storm. As a result, the temperature of the outer atmosphere falls in an adverse direction. The problem of radiation increases. So, the satellites cannot be controlled in proper way.
Excessive friction may even lead to damage too. Also, common damages are computer network and iCloud system downtime. Cosmic radiation entering earth can cause leaks in oil and gas pipelines. Incidents like electric power shutdown are very common. It has seen that it becomes difficult to get on a plane during the aurora.
Sun Gives Us Life and Teaches to Be Careful
If there was no sun, there would be no possibility of life. It is true that the sun is the main source of energy. But recently, after two decades, a solar storm has hit the earth. It believed that from Tasmania to Great Britain, the entire visible black sky has turned red at night. The color of the sky is now covered with redness. And in such a situation, there is a lot of discussion about solar storm.
Because such an incident has seen in Ladakh, a special region of India in Asia. Since this kind of phenomenon is not seen, it is very important to practice this kind of thing. Thus, this kind of knowledge can give you success in competitive exams. There are some terms that you need to understand. This fact will become important for you in upcoming exams. Especially since this phenomenon is visible in India.
How Made Viral Magic Aurora Visible in Ladakh?
Was this aurora light seen in Ladakh?
Will be the focus of the discussion. First, let us see the point of our discussion. We have heard this news. This phenomenon of Ladakh is rare. We will discuss that now. Have you discussed? Will try to understand this.
What is this Aurora light? You should understand the term of Aurora light.
How is it created? Meaning, where is its origin? Will find out the reason for this. This type of incident is not seen in Ladakh. But that is what happened. Thus, we must understand what its reality was. What harmful consequences does this have? We will discuss all the following also.
Ladakh is an area which is at low latitude. This kind of surprising phenomenon happens towards poles. Be it the north pole or the south pole. But it remains in the news because of its sighting in Ladakh.
10th May 2024, is the date where the sky of Ladakh filled with red Aurora lights. The area became red and the incident recorded. You will often see this phenomenon near poles at northern or southern latitudes. But here instead of seeing it, it is being discussed a lot. All the pictures have been recorded through the observatory in Ladakh.
We know that countries like Alaska, Norway, Finland in the northern hemisphere. Whereas the countries like Argentina, Australia, New Zealand in the southern hemisphere. But India is almost in the middle of the earth (nearly Equator). So how did this kind of thing happen? Let us discuss how it is possible.
Why Did Ladakh Come to The New Media Focus?
The main reason for this is solar storm. The speed of these storms increases to abnormally but can also see nearly centre of the earth. Super solar storms are also a major factor in what happened in 10th May 2024. Thus, the solar storm hit the longest latitude as well. This means that if the solar wind is blowing at extra fast speeds, it can also be the middle aurora. This Aurora incident happened again two decades later.
What Does Rare Rich Aurora Light Look Like?
There is a display of some colors of light in the sky. It is identifying as natural light. This natural light displayed in the sky. This light can be blue, yellow, green, and even orange. Apart from these, there may be some other colours also. Remember all colours are natural. Its creation takes place in the sky for some event.
This is a phenomenon that occurs in high latitude areas like Arctic or Antarctic. That is, it is towards the top or bottom of the poles. So, it called as polar light. Yet, it is also known by different names in north or south. The northern side known as the Aurora Borealis. The countries falling in the northern regions are many. These are like Alaska, Greenland, Canada, Norway, Iceland, Finland, Sweden as so. If we talk about the southern part, it known as Aurora Australis. These areas include countries like Antarctica, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, and Australia. That is, this phenomenon is also found in the areas around the south pole.
That is why there is a difference in the names of the poles in north or south. Thus, depending on the position of the Aurora, people call it by the names. These are Northern Aurora and Southern Aurora. Which are easy and spoken terms.
This Is Ultimate Secret Behind Beautiful Aurora
First, let us look at the following reasons. In fact, some activity or the other keeps happening on the surface of the Sun. We all know that the Sun is our primary source of energy. Some action keeps happening inside it. Apart from this, there is a lot of temperature at many places on the outer layer of the corona. So, some strange activities keep going on.
A type of wind is continuously circulated by the Sun. Which we know as solar wind. As a result, it is emitted. There are many charged particles in this solar wind. Like particles electron, proton and so. The stream of all these charged particles flows towards the earth through solar wind.
Such a way, many charged particles keep trying to go around the earth through the solar wind. There are even attempts to enter the earth’s atmosphere. But we all know that there is a magnetic field around the earth. This magnetic field blocks cosmic radiation coming from the Sun. In this way it provides protection to the earth.
The magnetic field is a protective barrier of the earth. Thus, the magnetic field deflects the cosmic rays flowing with the solar wind upwards. Due to which the harmful effects of solar wind do not fall on the earth.
Solar Storms Produce Beautiful Small Flashes in The Sky
Sometimes the solar wind deflected towards both surfaces of the magnetic field. So, some particles also enter inside the earth’s magnetic field. As a result, the particles get trapped in the earth’s magnetic field. And, later they enter inside. That is, charged particles move inward from below the magnetic field lines at both poles. In this way it enters the earth’s atmosphere. We all know that there are many types of gases in the atmosphere. Due to friction with the charged particles of all these gases, small flashes produced. As a result, the color of the sky would have brightened.
Know The Really for Brilliant Colorful in Aurora?
There is some reason behind having different colors. If charged particles meet oxygen then green color will be visible. This is the reason why where there is oxygen the color of the sky appears green. Thus, if it encounters nitrogen gas, it will appear blue and purple. This means that different gases have different colors due to friction. This is the reason for what happened a few days ago.
Have You Seen Amazing Phenomena Like Aurora Before?
Let me remind you that this kind of incident happened in 2003. At that time massive solar storm called Halloween blacked out Sweden. The largest solar storm is the geomagnetic storm that occurred in 1859. This known as the Carrington Event. It is named after a British astronomer Richard Carrington.
Coronal Mass Ejection Fixes the Position of The Aurora
You probably remember that the Sun has solar flares. A type of solar cycle occurs in the Sun. Thus, it signals the Sun to be calm and intense. There are explosions of radiation in it. A common phenomenon when plasma is inside solar flares is when a magnetic field is created. A large amount of solar radiation occurs there. Which caused a large explosion. That called as coronal mass ejection. Again, if there is largest ejection then its effect will see in middle earth. Thus, coronal mass ejections will occur resulting in extra bursts of solar energy. That is, its action can see in the equatorial part.
The current solar storm ‘Aurora’ is the largest solar storm of the last two decades. This ‘Aurora’ falls in the extreme category of G-five. This is why it is so important. We can now say that the sun gives us life and energy. Again, the solar storm from the sun teaches us to be careful and aware.
