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The Carrington Event
🕑 Added 2021-03-30 14:15:41 +0000 UTCOne of the things I most enjoyed about researching this video was trawling through newspaper articles from the time describing the effects of the Carrington Event. Part of it is just the style in which they were written - newspapers from that era had such a beautiful way of phrasing things.
Here are a couple of my favourites:
"Now vivid arrows of light of most exceeding brilliancy shot up from the whole northern horizon; and, retreating, would again shoot higher and higher, until they covered the whole sky." - Washington Daily National Intelligencer (September 2, 1859)
"The crown above, indeed, seemed like a throne of silver, purple and crimson, hung and spread out with curtains or wings of dazzling beauty." - Washington Daily National Intelligencer (August 31, 1859)
"It was reserved for our days to have a sage and philosopher to make clear to our comprehension the wonderful mysteries of those lights, which the Scotch know as merry dancers but with which we are more familiar by their Latin name of aurora borealis, to show us that they are nothing more nor less than an industrial exhibition of the upper air, a silkery in the clouds, whereat the magic shuttle flies from horizon to zenith with a speed that leaves electricity lagging far behind..." - New York Herald (September 5th, 1859)
You can read all these accounts and more right here in a research paper that was one of my sources. If you like a gothic turn of phrase it is definitely worth a look!
Comments
Fascinating Horror
I know what you mean! If the pandemic has shown us anything it's that we're a little bit under-prepared for big, global catastrophes like this. Let's hope the next Carrington event isn't anytime soon.
Aria
This was one of my favorites because I never knew about this and the idea of it happening again - on any scale - is a serious concern. Thank you for the great content!
