Deeper Look – Episode 8
The knowledge about cosmic rays and the atmosphere is growing. We’ve already learned that CMEs can trigger energetic particle precipitation events just like cosmic rays, but now we are gaining a better understanding of just what type of energy it takes to penetrate down through the atmosphere. The new paper by Usoskin can be read here.
DATA PLAN WARNING: Below you will find two version of the same video. The first video is 4K Pro-Res, and at ~750MB data plan usage is not recommended. The 2nd video is a much lower resolution version for those without other connection options, but it is still 65MB.