On September 1st and 2nd of 1859, people all over the world were treated as something quite rare.

Aroras were seen in the skies as far south as the Caribbean and as far north as Brisbane Australia.

However, some astronomers and telegraph operators

experienced something totally different. And if this same event were to happen today,

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The events of September 1st and 2nd, 1859 began with two amateur British astronomers,

Richard Carrington and Richard Hodson. On the morning of September 1st,

they were making observations of the sun.

Solar astronomy was always a difficult thing to do at best

because their eyes can't handle looking directly at it,

and looking at it through a telescope would only make things worse.

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