Northern Lights in Turkey Will Become More Frequent by 2025!

northern lights The place you go when you want to see is usually Norway There are places closer to the poles, such as Because it is not possible to see these in Turkey, which is closer to the Equator than such countries. We all already knew this much, but if this is the case, soon The lights seen from our country what was it?

The main responsible for these of the sun itself. We see these lights because of what is happening on our star in question. In addition, these events, which date back to the mid-1700s, are expected to reach their maximum in 2025. “Why 2025?”, “Why the 1700s” and ”Why the Sun?” Let’s answer questions like these without confusing you.

The event we call ‘solar cycle’ involves changes in the Sun’s magnetic field.

• It starts from 1755 because the first measurement was made at that time.

The reason for the cycle is that although it can last up to 14-15 years, it is more or less every 11 years There is a pattern occurring. Every 11 years, activity on the Sun sees minimums and maximums. We understand this from the black spots on our star, which we call sunspots. The size of these spots up to the worldit can even be much wider.

Solar Maximum In the phase we mentioned, the activities in question to the peak reaches and from here to Solar Minimum It gets lighter. Then it moves towards the maximum level again and the explosions become more intense again. This is the cycle we’re talking about. The last cycle was the 24th in 2014. We are currently witnessing the 25th cycle with the beginning of the Solar Minimum in 2019.

So what does this have to do with lights on Earth?

The explosions caused by these spots push the solar winds towards us.

Coronal Mass Ejaculations, that is, these charged particle winds that arise due to solar explosions, if they come towards the Earth geomagnetic storm An event called is triggered. During this event, pressure is applied to the part of the Earth’s magnetosphere facing the Sun, while the part on the opposite side, that is, side not facing the sun It extends backwards.

magnetosphere When it gets rid of this effect, it returns to its previous state, while a large amount of magnetic power is produced at the poles. Particles from the Sun cause the northern lights at these points. This is due to the interaction of the magnetosphere, loaded with the Sun’s charged particles, with the upper part of the atmosphere. including Türkiye made it visible in many European countries.

So in our country In Ordu and Van These lights seen are part of solar storms. The reason for this is coronal mass discharges on the Sun. According to scientists, the incident in question Not 1, but 2 explosions resulted.

Now let’s get to the bad part of this.

These lights can cause disruptions in the transmission of radio waves, power outages and circuit problems. At the same time, in the past to fires and are known to cause large-scale electronic problems. In recent years, SpaceX rockets have also had their share of this.

The 24th cycle, which ends in 2021, indicates that the cycle in 2025 will be stronger than expected.

Because the previous cycle was actually quite weak 25th cycle It was thought that it would not be much different. But even in July, more sunspots from the 24th cycle had already been detected. So there is currently a more violent cycle. But unfortunately we do not know what the effects of this will be.

Because the impact of this situation cannot be calculated so easily. We can see if a cycle has begun by looking at solar activity. More importantly, our Our 11 year cycle Apart from this, there are also cycles that occur for more or less certain periods of time. We do not know whether this cycle, which will see its maximum in 2025, will be one of them.

For people who are not familiar with the subject, although this is just a few clusters of light in the sky, it is a stronger than expected solar storm. It could lead to costly outages.

To understand the seriousness of the incident, let’s look at the Carrington incident in 1859.

Of course, there was no such thing as the internet when this happened. Telegraph operators were providing intensive communication. on this date solar storm When it happened, telegraph infrastructures had collapsed in different parts of the world. There have also been reports of smoke and sparks emitting from some machines. Moreover, even though it was night time, aurora lights were also illuminating the sky.

Of course, most people at that time for religious reasons He had tied it up. But the real event was an explosion on the Sun whose impact was thought to be equivalent to 10 billion atomic bombs. This explosion was discovered by an amateur astronomer. Richard CarringtonHe noticed the spots when he saw them during his observations on the Sun. That’s why the incident is also named after him.

In those days, telegrams was the backbone of communication. Now imagine if something similar happened to the internet. The panic this will cause worldwide and the financial cost to governments are unimaginable. In addition, problems in the migration routes of animals and disruptions in the operation of satellites will be inevitable.

Although rare, the northern lights can be seen in our country due to the cycle. We expect to see its maximum level in 2025 or even in late 2024. We explained to you what the cycle is, why it occurs and what effects it can have. When new information becomes available, we will bring it to you.

This incident caused such scenes in our country:

Even though the ones above are real, the view of the Galata Tower you see was created by manipulation.

However, it seems possible that we will see the truth in 2025.