Monday, May 3, 2021

Carrington Event: solar mass coronal ejection


The Carrington Event
(Fascinating Horror, 3/30/21) On the night of August 28th, 1859, skies around the world lit up with spectacular displays of inexplicable light.

By fire. One day there will be seven suns.
In some places the heavens glowed red, as though reflecting a massive wildfire. Elsewhere broad bands of white were seen dancing across the night sky.

For almost a week skies around the world glowed so brightly that it was possible to read a newspaper at midnight. Everywhere, people gathered and gazed upwards, terrified and awestruck in equal measure.

The vast majority had no idea what they were witnessing (the Carrington Event) and could only assume it was a portent of the end of the world.

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