Talk: Northern Lites
From Mike Jittlov <jit...@erehwon.caltech.edu>
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· 12 Jan 1995 18:18 · View full thread
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In article <3et94n$sd...@gagme.wwa.com>, Bob Allison <bob...@wwa.com> wrote: > The particles that couse the aurora are highly charged spewage from >the sun. Solar wind, traveling at a million miles an hour hits the >earth's atmosphere and gets cought by the magnetic field, where it >travels down to the poles. The energy level of this event is tremendous. >Probably on the order of billions of watts per second. > > It's interesting to note that the solar wind wildly distorts the >earth's magnetic field, causing it to flatten on the side of the earth >facing the sun, and to form a tale on the other side. It is what causes >comets to always have their tales facing away from the sun. As a simple-minded child, I always wondered if the solar wind was the same as magnetic repulsion -- because the comet's tail being blown back from the sun _precisely_ mimicked the way a sewing pin (head +, point -) reacted when circling one end (-) of a magnet. But now that I am a mature adult and learned in the ways of science, I use that same magnet to hold notes on my refrigerator, and stick the sewing pins into this little cloth doll of my repulsive ex-business partner. BOBoBoBoBoBoBOBoBoBoBoBoBOBoBoBoBoBoBOBoBfNoRdBoBOBoBoBoBoBoBOBoBoBoBoBoBOB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !::::'___`:::::::'___`:::::::'___`:::::::'___`:::::::'___`:::::::'___`::::! !:::'/_ _\`:::::'/_ _\`:::::'/_ _\`:::::'/_ _\`:::::'/_ _\`:::::'/_ _\`:::! !:::|/ ~ \|`::::|/ ~ \| `::|/ ~ \|' `|/ ~ \|::' |/ ~ \|::::'|/ ~ \|:::! !:::|'-.-`| :::|'-.-`| :|'-.-`| |'-.-`|: |'-.-`|::: |'-.-`|:::! !:: (|e|e|? ::(|e|e|? ' (|e|e|? ` ' (|e|e|? ` (|e|e|?.: (|e|e|? ::! !. `._^_,'' :`._^_,'..' `._^_,'`...'`._^_,' `..`._^_,'. ``._^_,' .! !. \\=// \\=// \\=// \\=// \\=// \\=// .! : U/_/ U/_/ U/_/ U/_/ U/_/ U/_/ : @/ \&~ @/ \&~ @/ \&~ @/ \&~ @/ \&~ @/ \& Y/\.::./\S\ /Y/\.::./\S\ /Y/\.::./\S\ /Y/\.::./\S\ /Y/\.::./\S\ /Y/\.::./\S E$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$E %%%%XX%%%%%%%%%%%XX%%%%%%%%%%%XX%%%%%%%%%%%XX%%%%%%%%%%%XX%%%%%%%%%%%XX%WiZ
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