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Are the Northern Lights dangerous?

Fabio Pacucci · TED

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About

In September 1859, miners following the Colorado gold rush woke up to another sunny day. Or so they thought. To their surprise, they soon discovered it was actually 1am and the sky wasn't lit by the sun, but rather by brilliant drapes of light. The blazing glow was a solar storm— the largest in recorded history. So what exactly is a solar storm? Fabio Paccuci explains this astrophysical phenomena. [Directed by Nick Hilditch, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott].

The talk

  1. Are the Northern Lights dangerous? 5 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Fabio Pacucci
Year
2022
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Physics, Astronomy and space, History, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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