This is the sound that Earth makes and that aliens and whatnot could hear if they really wanted to. This lovely sound is created when charged solar particles slam into our magnetic field. Luckily for us, our ionsphere blocks this from actually reaching us. And this is amazingly good because this sound is a radio wave that oh so happens to be 10,000 times stronger than anything that we've got and that would totally explode our radio stations.... which might be fun to watch but what are you supposed to listen to when you are driving?
Scientists have known about the radiation since the 1970s. It is created high above the planet, where charged particles from the solar wind collide with Earth's magnetic field. It is related to the phenomenon that generates the colorful aurora, or Northern Lights.
And here's the full article, which will not link once again. We are seriously getting very friendly with mister cut and paste. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080701-st-earth-sounds.html
1 comment:
I wish i could sing like that
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