The Carrington Event (Encore)
Everything Everywhere Daily
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The Sun and the Auroras
The two astronomers saw the first recorded solar flare in human history on August 29th 1859. They were both working independently of each other when they observed something that up until that point no human had ever seen before. Unusual Aurora activity was taking place with auroras being seen much closer to the equator than usual about 18 hours after their observation the earth was hit by a massive geomagnetic storm.
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