STARFISH PRIME--THE FIRST ACCIDENTAL GEOMAGNETIC STORM: Sixty years ago today, the US military accidentally created a strong geomagnetic storm, the result of a nuclear test called "Starfish Prime." The blast sparked auroras over Hawaii and led to the early demise of all satellites in Earth orbit at the time.
Full story @ Spaceweather.com.
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Above: 'Nuclear auroras' viewed from Honolulu (left) and a surveillance aircraft (right) on July 9, 1962.
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