Chapter 23 Anomalies in the Earth's Magnetic Field

A puff of sand and dust rose in the desert, and the plane was piled up on a pile of sand, except for the nose of the plane, which was already unrecognizable, Ling Moyu was strangled by the seat belt, stopping his body from moving forward, and finally stopped.

A white-haired old man next to him was tightly entangled by the broken skin of the plane, and a cargo box was pressed against one of his legs, making him unable to move, Ling Moyu unbuckled his seat belt and wanted to help him.

The position they were sitting in was in the middle of the plane, the position of the wings, which was also where the fuel tanks of the aircraft were located, which had burst due to the huge force of the impact, and the only aviation gasoline seeped out.

Although the plane has no power, there are still many high-energy batteries powering the aircraft, and a large number of exposed wires in the cabin are intertwined, and due to the intertwined short circuit of the wires, crackling and flashing sparks, it may ignite gasoline at any time!

Seeing that the situation was critical, Ling Moyu stripped away the scattered debris around him and helped him move the box that was pressed on his legs, and the oil vapor began to diffuse in the air, and only a small spark was needed to ignite the aviation gasoline. There was a "bang" of electric sparks, which ignited a cloud of oil vapor, and the fire spread everywhere along the gasoline.

Ling Moyu threw the heavy box aside to save him, but he was still tightly chained to the seat by the plane's skin, and the seat belt was also stuck, and the fire was about to burn.

This large piece of skin was just in front of the man's body, wrapping his right hand, after the skin was broken, many sharp edges and corners were easy to puncture the skin and even hurt the internal organs, Ling Moyu had to carefully break the skin little by little.

"Bang" There was another steam explosion, and a fireball exploded behind Ling Moyu, and he subconsciously used his right hand to make a gear, feeling a heat wave hit behind him, and the skin was cleaned up. The buckle of the seat belt was twisted and could not be pulled out, Ling Moyu pulled it hard, and suddenly pulled the seat belt off, and the two of them rushed out from the breach of the plane.

As soon as they left the plane and ran a few dozen meters, there was a big explosion in the cabin, and the real cabin was blown up, and all kinds of debris flew all over the sky.

The two of them gasped and leaned on the sand behind them to finally escape, the old man stretched out his hand and held Ling Moyu's hand tightly, and said in English, "Young man, thank you for saving me!" ”

"You're welcome, anyone will do it." Ling Moyu smiled at him.

"The weather is good today, visibility is no problem, there shouldn't be any high-energy interference sources here away from the battlefield, and the plane looks in good condition, why get lost?" Ling Moyu said with some confusion.

"It's entirely possible!" The old man spoke, "My name is James, and I am a member of the European Geophysical Society, and I have been commissioned by the Society to observe anomalies in the Earth's magnetic field. ”

"My name is Dr. Ling Moyu, Doctor of Physics, as far as I know, the strength of the earth's magnetic field is very small, it is impossible to interfere with the navigation signal of the aircraft, even if there is a large magnetic vein, it should have been discovered a long time ago, and the route here has been flying for many years, and there has never been a navigation failure." Ling Moyu said.

"You're right, this is also where we are confused, not only here, but there have been many anomalies in the geomagnetic field in the world recently, but this is the place where the geomagnetic field changes most intensely. We suspect that the geomagnetic field is about to flip!"

"In the last 1 million years, the Earth's magnetic field has flipped five times, so on average every 200,000 years or so. Now it has just reached the period of 200,000, and the geomagnetic field flipping period has reached the final stage, and the flip is about to occur. A complete flipping period is generally about 1000 years, after entering the flipping period, the geomagnetic field strength will gradually weaken to the pole in the first 500 years or so, and then quickly flip, and then it will recover in the next 500 years, increasing the magnetic field strength. ”

"I've heard of this theory, even if it starts to flip now, it will take a long period, and the geomagnetic intensity is between 500-600 milligauss, such a small value is insignificant for the navigation system, and it will not cause a loss." Ling Moyu said.

"A few days ago, our Global Geomagnetic Observation Satellite observed a strong geomagnetic storm in the vicinity, 10 million times stronger than the average geomagnetic field, enough to affect any electronic device. After that storm, there were several more magnetic storms of similar magnitude around the world, and in order to find out, the International Geophysical Union commissioned the European Geophysical Union to investigate, and they sent me here. James said.

"So did you find anything about the cause of the geomagnetic anomaly?" Ling Moyu asked.

"Not yet, this anomaly is too weird, very sudden, there was no warning before, the first appearance was in the territory of Suriston, where there is a war going on, and there is no way to enter the scene of the incident for an in-depth investigation. These geomagnetic anomalies appear intermittently, all of them occur in a short-term shock wave-like manner, but they erupt with huge energy in a period of time, and they erupt in milliseconds. James said.

"Is it possible that such a large magnetic storm pulse erupted in such a short period of time was artificially created, for example, to interfere with the enemy's communications and guided weapons?" Ling Moyu asked.

"Impossible, to create such a huge magnetic storm pulse, the energy consumed is extremely huge, I roughly calculated, all the electricity in the Middle East is not enough to make this magnetic storm pulse." James looked at Ling Moyu with a frown.

"It is also unlikely to be a geomagnetic storm, which is the most representative global space environmental disturbance event caused by the arrival of a high-speed plasma cloud in Earth's space. There are two types of sources that can generate high-velocity solar winds and trigger the southward component of a strong interplanetary magnetic field, one is solar coronal mass ejections, and the other is solar coronal holes. If there is a geomagnetic storm, the astronomical agencies that specialize in observing the sun in various countries will send out early warning information, and we have not received any warning information from any observatory so far. James continued.

"As far as I know, it is even more unlikely that there is such a large magnetic pulse generation mechanism in the natural world that we know, and the magnetic induction in the earth's nature is usually very low, which can affect the compass and navigation system at close range, and it is much more difficult to create magnetic pulses than to make electrical pulses." Ling Moyu said.

"The development of science has made human beings more and more conceited, and since human beings have the great power to change nature, they have become less and less in reverence for nature, believing that they are the masters of the earth, and nature has become the slave of human beings. In fact, human beings are just babies of nature, and they have not grown up and begun to be arrogant, thinking that they can control their own destiny, but they do not know that the truth of nature is far from being revealed, and the secrets behind it will make people shudder. James looked at the sky and said slowly.

"Not only the geomagnetic field has undergone a magnetic storm, but the electric field around the earth has also changed significantly, and many satellites in space have failed, of course, this is a good explanation, the magnetic field and the electric field are a pair of conjoined brothers, one changes, the other inevitably changes." James continued.

"The first geomagnetic storm was strong and short-lasting, and the current data shows that the magnetic storm is still happening, but the energy is much smaller and the duration has become longer."

"The current geomagnetic storm is more like an aftershock after a major earthquake, the energy is getting smaller and smaller, and it is estimated that it will end soon. I vaguely feel that this magnetic storm happens very regularly, and maybe it indicates something. There must be a huge source of energy behind such a strong magnetic storm, and it may have a huge impact on the whole of physics," James said.