SIO449: The Northern Lights Went South for the Summer
Serious Inquiries Only
Thomas Smith
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
And also... maybe the Southern Lights went North? Earlier this month, an incredible thing happened. The Aurora Borealis was visible to folks much further south than usual. Dr. Bryan Gillis is with us to talk about what exactly the Aurora is, what makes it happen, and how in the world it was recently seen down in my neck of the woods.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Hello and welcome to serious inkwers only this is episode 449 I'm |
| 0:20.2 | your host Thomas Smith and today I've got astrophysicist Dr Brian Gillis |
| 0:25.8 | to explain what the hell happened to the sky the other day is important somehow |
| 0:30.1 | the northern lights were no longer Northern. They were very much lights but they were not as |
| 0:36.4 | much Northern as they normally are. And Brian volunteered to explain that to us and it's very complicated. It is so much more complicated than you might think. A lot of really |
| 0:47.0 | fascinating and complex science here that Brian will try to make sense for us. So that's what's on deck for today. |
| 0:53.5 | We'll pause for a brief break |
| 0:55.0 | that you don't have to hear if you're a patron |
| 0:57.0 | at patreon.com star serious pod. |
| 0:58.6 | And I also want to note that a seriously awful movies |
| 1:01.6 | or a seriously good thing is on deck. |
| 1:05.0 | Dr. Steve Proper is back and he decided to give us a break and let us watch something good and we |
| 1:10.9 | watch the pilot episode of Scrubs to talk about kind of the medical science |
| 1:15.2 | involved there. |
| 1:16.2 | And it was a very pleasant change from having to watch House. |
| 1:20.6 | So that'll be on Patreon.com slash serious pod very soon. |
| 1:24.0 | Thanks so much to those who support the show. |
| 1:26.0 | You're the best, you make it happen, |
| 1:28.0 | and I hope you enjoy the no ads and the goodies. |
| 1:30.0 | All right, after this break, let's find out what in the world happened to the sky the other day. |
| 1:35.0 | And we're joined by Brian everyone's favorite astrophysicist to tell us what happened to the sky. |
| 1:41.0 | It broke, I think. |
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