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Old 08-04-2010, 07:41 AM   #26
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Coronal discharge is charged ions being hurled away from the sun. It hits our ionosphere and causes distortions in our magnetic field of the earth.

Picture a balloon being hit with a spray from a hose. Now imagine what happens to the balloon- it distorts and changes shape. That's about what it looks like if you could see it.

Got nothing to do with gravitational pull.
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