Largest Solar Storm In Years To Hit Earth
7 Mar 2012While harmless to us humans, one of the largest solar storms to hit earth is set to hit earth tomorrow, March 8th 2012. The solar storm started with a massive solar flare earlier this week, has been traveling through space as ultra fast speeds. Scientist estimate when the particles hit earth, they will be traveling at a whopping 4 million miles per hour!
A solar storms biggest threat is to technology. GPS systems, communication systems and power grids could be affected by this latest explosion from the sun. But not all is lost, as these solar flares make for incredible auroras or Northern Lights in the sky.
The brunt of the solar rays are expected to hit earth between the hours of 1 am and 5 pm EST. For more information and a really cool video on this jump on over to the NASA Website.
