magnetic storm

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Colorful auroras appeared around Japan's Honshu and Hokkaido islands on May 11, 2024, sparked by an intense magnetic storm.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

It all reflected, said Dr. A. G. McNish, authority on the earth's magnetism, in Washington last week for a meeting of the American Geophysical Union, the worst magnetic storm in a century.

From Time Magazine Archive

The magnetic storm which disrupted communications Easter Sunday was probably started, thinks Professor Menzel, when the earth coursed through the tail end of a corona streamer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The effects of the flare, a violent magnetic storm and a radio blackout, were observed from the South Pole to the Arctic and all around the equator.

From Time Magazine Archive

The effects of this magnetic storm were apparent upon the wires during a considerable portion of Saturday evening, and during the whole of the next day.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 by Various