The mysterious sources of the Van Allen radiation belts

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Astronomy, Physics, Science, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Daniel and Jorge talk about the strange belts of particles surrounding the Earth, and the South Atlantic Anomaly

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0:00.0	Hey Jorge, did you know that we have a planetary defense system?
0:12.8	Nice to sit involved giant lasers.
0:16.0	Not that I'm aware of.
0:17.0	And how can it work?
0:18.0	Well, this system actually predated the development of lasers by billions of years and it's
0:22.8	actually totally natural.
0:24.6	Oh nice.
0:25.6	Does that mean it's organic?
0:27.0	Or vegan?
0:28.0	Vegan lasers?
0:29.7	Absolutely.
0:30.0	No animals were hurt.
0:31.8	But it's actually not all good.
0:33.6	Hmm, now you have me worried.
0:35.3	Yeah, it turns out there's a big hole in our planetary defense system.
0:39.1	Really?
0:40.1	I bet it's our fault.
0:42.5	Was it caused by the lasers?
0:44.8	No, actually the hole is also natural and it has a really cool name.
0:49.2	Uh oh.
0:50.2	What's it called?
0:51.2	It's called the South Atlantic anomaly.
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