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December 16, 2014 at 6:09 pm
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CraigParticipant
Yes, Richard –plenty of muons up there –where they’re being made, as protons and what-not cosmic particles slam into the upper atmosphere, but also neutrons and consequent transmuted elements/isotopes. Quite a soup –per:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray
> http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=15&month=12&year=2014
(and scroll down to “Sky Calculus”)
But with so many particles and gamma/photonic rays bouncing around an airliner cabin, it’s debatable just what a Geiger counter is responding to.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apWRH39Jgcc
Craig