What causes geomagnetic storms, and why are they currently visible in the U.S, while locations like Iceland often experience them more frequently?
In: Planetary Science
Not a scientist, but I’ll give it a go. The sun gives off charged particles (geomagnetic storms) from time to time and those particles, because they have a charge are stopped by the Earth’s magnetic field which is strongest at the poles (north pole, south pole). These particles are what cause the Auroras.
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