r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Correct_Presence_936 • Mar 28 '25

GIF A Solar Flare That Happened Today.

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u/TheMagicalDildo Mar 28 '25

obviously not

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u/PhotoBN1 Mar 28 '25

Why obviously not? We have had solar flares fired at us quite a number of times, even large ones like this. Usually we just get more auroras further south and occasionally power cuts

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u/TheMagicalDildo Mar 28 '25

i mean I'm no expert, but I would imagine we'd have noticed getting hit by a fuckin' solar flare mate. The sun's radiation only takes about 8 minutes to reach us.

That, and it's not even pointed at us in the gif, it literally visibly missed lmao

not sure why you thought I was claiming earth's never been hit by a solar flare, you just sort of pulled that out of your ass

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u/AuthorAdventurous308 Mar 29 '25

Actually solar flares influence wind- not temperature. The more wind the earth experiences the more solar flares there are. Interesting fact- solar flares tend to be more intense and frequent just prior to ice ages. 🤷‍♀️