Earliest account of a solar storm disrupting tech contained a serious typo

Earliest account of a solar storm disrupting tech contained a serious typo

Illustration of Earth and a solar storm

For most of human history, our Sun’s occasional tantrums have been of little concern to those of us living on Earth’s surface. At most, the emissions of plasma crashing into our atmosphere might paint the sky in pretty shades of green or pink.

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Category: History, Technology

Tags: aurora, Trains, Telegraphy, geomagnetic