The Solar Storm That Almost Started World War III

May 23rd, 1967 could have been the beginning of the end - all thanks to the sun. Hosted by: Reid Reimers ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Bella Nash, Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Tim Curwick, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://pluto.space.swri.edu/image/glossary/plasma.html http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/SolarMax/solarmax_2.php http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/2016SW001423/asset/swe20344.pdf?v=1&t=ivl93vtt&s=c53257ab41e68129ca5bd1cf96be7b23841b138f pp 616-617, pp 627, pp 629-630 http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/aurora http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/pub585.pdf https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/agu-1ss080916.php http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/SolarMax/solarmax_2.php https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Y8Y6CW65c&feature=youtu.be Media Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_The_U.S._Army_-_Vietnam_smoke_bomb.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Srpen68)Horici_barikady_a_tanky.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A-4B_VSF-3_launching_from_USS_Intrepid_(CVS-11)_1967.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVEGJZxglIg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lightning3.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sun_diagram.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SDO_20120831_171.304_overlay.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AAurora_Australis.ogv https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Archipelago_-_Flickr_-_NASA_Goddard_Photo_and_Video.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_clear_AFS_site,_Official_photograph_BMEWS_Project_by_C._Henry,_5_July_1962,_Photographic_Services,_Riverton,_NJ,_BMEWS,_clear_as_negative_no._A-3945._-_Clear_Air_Force_HAER_AK-30-A-96.tif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boeing_B-52D-70-BO_(SN_56-0582)_is_refueled_by_Boeing_KC-135A-BN_(SN_55-3127)_061127-F-1234S-009.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7kgExpYzkE