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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 60 points 3 months ago

Faced with the realization we are powerless to stop it, we simply admire it.

[-] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

Maybe you're powerless, I could stop it if I wanted to

[-] xenoclast@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Definitely something Mace would say

[-] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

If you’ve ever wondered when a semicolon is preferable to a comma, I think this is a good example.

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

While some tech people behind the scenes are overwhelmed and scrambling to keep all kinds of electrical infrastructures up and running, or at least safe until the solar storm blast passes.

Plus they were expecting it, have been low-key preparing for weeks or months - knowing there's a solar maximum - then much more actively a few days and hours before the event arrived, thanks to solar weather satellite forecasts being a reliable thing now.

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

And take pictures of it for our computer wallpapers

[-] Muscar@discuss.online 3 points 3 months ago

It doesn't do anything the affects us other than the pretty colours the vast majority of the time, that's the actual reason. The experience is just the colours, there's nothing to worry about.

[-] broken_chatbot@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

Humans: ooh, a new MacOS wallpaper

[-] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 months ago

What else am I supposed to do? Have a panic attack? Cry? Shoot it?

Shoot it?

Don't give the rednecks any ideas.

[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago
[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

So if Mars doesn’t have the magnetic field and is getting hit with all the radiation, does that mean the surface of Mars is radioactive?

[-] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

Radiation does not by definition make things it impacts radioactive, and most of the lingering effects that we associate with radiation have to do with radioactive particles that are left behind by the atmosphere. Since there is no particulate matter traveling between the sun and Mars (photons not withstanding), the surface of Mars would not be expected to acquire radioactive properties from an acute solar radiation event like this one. However, an entity on the surface of Mars would be exposed to radiation from the Sun, much more so than an entity on/near earth and it's magnetosphere (Mars' thin atmosphere and distance from the sun probably helps reduce that disparity relative to something in say low earth orbit, but I don't think it fully equalizes or shifts the scales). I am not an astrophysicist, so there's at least a 20% chance I got part of that wrong.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

Isn’t solar wind particulate matter? Mostly hydrogen, a bit of other elements?

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Wikipedia tells me:

This plasma mostly consists of electrons, protons and alpha particles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind

Alpha particles also get created by radioactive alpha decay, so I'm guessing, that's the radioactive part...

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Just adding to this, some foods are actually irradiated for preservation purposes. If you’ve purchased premium ____, you may have had a bit of irradiated food. Given that widespread dna breakdown hasn’t occurred across the entire planet, irradiated matter is usually harmless.

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago

Yes, and radiation shielding is a major challenge for humans on the mars surface.

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Colors Out Of Space

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago
[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 3 months ago

We all need to stop believing in this horrible world we live in and think happy thoughts.

[-] itsnotits@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

But it's* really pretty

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Question. Do other animals care about the northern lights? Do any of them watch it?

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 3 months ago

Most probably wouldn't even be able to see it.

[-] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

What else are we supposed to do?

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