Aurora

May03
by kevin on May 3, 2012 at 09:41
Posted In: astronomy

Aurora from the International Space Station - NASA

I came across a great story this morning over at
arstechnica.com about the first really big auroral storm in modern history.

“Noon approached on September 1, 1859, and British astronomer Richard Christopher Carrington was busy with his favorite pastime: tracking sunspots”