
Polar Storm
- PG-13
- Year:
- 2009
- 92 min
- 6 Views
Hello.
This is Lou Vanetti,
reporting live
from KBRX.
I don't know if--
[buzz]
[with echo]
anyone out there
can hear me or not.
[buzz]
[deep inhale]
the earth's magnetic field
declines to zero.
[buzz]
And as most
of you know by now,
once that occurs,
[buzzing]
solar radiation
will destroy
the atmosphere.
And--God be
with us all.
[silence and a
bird cries out]
[tires screech]
[eerie roar grows]
Turn the car off!
[loud hissing]
[buzzing and
small explosions]
[silence]
I think it's gone.
Start the car.
[Cynthia]
Damn it!
We'll have
to go back.
[loud vibrating]
[growing roar]
Get out of
the car now!
(Shane)
Come on!
Jump!
[scream]
No!
(Lou, over TV)
Flights across the globe
have been grounded
for 24 hours
as the
comet Copernicus
passes Earth.
This will be the largest
celestial object in
recorded history
to pass this close and
global magnetic disturbance.
When the comet was
first discovered
six months ago--
Good morning.
Hi, Miss Penny.
Hi, Cyn. Zoe,
that's Cynthia's
order in the fridge.
So I'm
taking the
Science Club
on a field trip
to watch the comet.
I heard.
That's very
brave of you.
You're coming
along too,
right, Zoe?
Yeah. Dad is
letting me off
early so I can come.
Right, Dad?
I suppose.
(Lou on TV)
...discuss what unforeseen
dangers we may be facing,
we are joined now
via satellite by our
own Dr. James Mayfield.
Hey, look
who's on TV!
Doctor, could
you explain
why you believe it's
possible that the comet
could hit us
has predicted it will
simply pass us by.
Wait a minute, Lou,
all I said was that
you can't rule it out.
Having just
passed the sun,
gases in the
comet's icy core
will be
heating up
like a hotspring.
This will affect
trajectory in ways--
that we just
can't predict.
Fascinating. Now l
understand the Storm
Hazards Dept.
has sent you to northern
Alaska to observe the
comet swing by.
That's right. We'll be
just inside the
Arctic Circle
where the comet
is expected to
pass over.
Its orbital fulcrum,
meaning the closest
it will be to Earth,
it's a very exciting
opportunity for us
to observe
geomagnetic anomalies
in the Earth's
magnetic field.
Thank you, Doctor.
That was local
astrophysicist Dr.
James Mayfield
via satellite
from Alaska.
[sizzling and roaring]
[birds chirping]
Getting a signal?
Yep. Logging
into the satellite.
Ah, my last
two Cubans.
I've been
saving them for
a special occasion.
That's against
the law, you know.
Yeah. Well.
Relax, Peter
we're in Alaska.
Well, the U.S. Trade
Embargo says that no
American citizen
can smoke a Cuban
cigar anywhere in
the world.
And we're in!
Showtime.
You can get
ten years.
That's a
good point.
I better smoke
both of them.
[phone beeping]
Hey, Pam. Satellite
link is up.
You should
be getting
REM readings.
Copy, James.
We're getting
it now.
(male voice)
Across the globe,
eyes look
skyward tonight.
Millions of teachers
and students in
every nation
get the chance to
glimpse something great
astronomers of the past
could only
have dreamed of.
Okay, everyone.
I'd like to show
you something.
Just as our planet
has a magnetic field,
so does the comet.
This comet's gonna pass
Pluto by the time this
guy finishes.
Zoe, could
you come up
here, please?
Hold this up
for me, please.
We're going to imagine
that this compass
is Earth.
As the comet passes,
creating intense bursts
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