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64 In 1859, a solar storm now called the Carrington Event pushed auroras as far south as Cuba and induced currents so strong in North American telegraph lines that operators disconnected their batteries and kept sending messages using only the electricity coming out of the sky

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In 1859, a solar storm now called the Carrington Event pushed auroras as far south as Cuba and induced currents so strong in North American telegraph lines that operators disconnected their batteries and kept sending messages using only the electricity coming out of the sky

On September 1, 1859, a solar flare witnessed by Richard Carrington triggered a geomagnetic storm so powerful it lit up the tropics with auroras and let North American telegraph operators send messages using only current induced by the sky.

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