Adrian Scanlon, alias, nigeldaniel (@adrianscanlon.bsky.social)

"The Carrington Event of 1859 was a solar storm spacedaily.com/the-carringt... #science #space #weather The Carrington event. Interesting report here from the archives.

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The Carrington Event of 1859 was a solar storm so intense that telegraph operators kept sending messages after disconnecting their batteries because the storm itself was powering the lines — and a Llo... In late August and early September 1859, Earth was struck by a sequence of geomagnetic disturbances, the largest of them on 1 and 2 September. The combined episode is widely regarded as the most extre... https://spacedaily.com/the-carrington-event-of-1859-was-a-solar-storm-so-intense-that-telegraph-operators-kept-sending-messages-after-disconnecting-their-batteries-because-the-storm-itself-was-powering-the-lines-a/