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Wednesday, January 18, 2017
What was the Carrington Event?
Richard Carrington’s sketch of the sunspots
seen just before the 1859 Carrington event.
(credit: universetoday.com)
Many people only think of night when they think of astronomy, but a lot of interesting stuff happens during the day too.
Imagine what a huge solar flare could do to the nascent electrical and communications grids of 1859.
That was the Carrington Event.
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