September 1, 1859, the day earth experienced the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history - the Carrington Event .
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September 1, 1859, the day earth experienced the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history - the Carrington Event .
It created strong auroras around the world and caused sparking and fires in telegraph stations.
Fun fact: Some telegraph stations were able to operate powered by the induced current of the aurora after having disconnected their power supplies!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x001679510&seq=403
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September 1, 1859, the day earth experienced the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history - the Carrington Event .
It created strong auroras around the world and caused sparking and fires in telegraph stations.
Fun fact: Some telegraph stations were able to operate powered by the induced current of the aurora after having disconnected their power supplies!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x001679510&seq=403
1/nThere are good chances for observing bright auroras tonight.
The current geomagnetic storm is caused by a long-duration M2.7 flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) belched out by the Sun on Sep 30, 20:02 UTC.
Of course, this is mild compared to the Carrington Event of 1859.
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