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Aurora Borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, at this part of the country, localized entirely within maybe as far south as Alabama to northern California? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13503475

Context: https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4552740-severe-geomagnetic-storm-conditions-impacting-earth-noaa-says-what-to-know/amp/

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Hey so the cosmic ray thing was a really popular meme but the glitch was probably just a crooked cartidge. It's funny to imagine a cosmic ray doing this but the odds are so low as to be functionally impossible, and this kind of glitch can happen with dirty or loose connections.

https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/8767558

Someone else already linked this video so here is a link to their comment

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

True or not, this meme doesn't make sense if you don't know about it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Oh absolutely.

You just seemed like you were trying to provide info, so I added the last bit to... Add more info.