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A wide night landscape view shows rocky, tree-lined mountains stretched across the center with foliage illuminated by warm yellow-orange light in the foreground. Above the dark ridge, the night sky transitions from teal green on the upper left to a vivid, glowing crimson and orange hue filling the right side, all filled with a dense field of tiny stars. A vertical line of brighter white stars stands out clearly against the colorful sky backdrop.

Today in the History of Astronomy

Sept. 2, 1859: The Carrington Event peaks

A high-angle, black-and-white photograph shows a large plume of water bursting upward from an explosion in the upper left section of the open sea. On the right side, a small boat moves away from the splash, leaving a long, bright white wake across the dark, rippling water. The image features strong contrast between the dark grey ocean surface and the pale, frothy water from both the blast and the boat's trail.

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May 13, 1921: The New York Railroad Storm

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