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Magnificent Spectacle.—Shortly after sunset last ereniug* the northern heavens were illuminated by a display of the Aurora Borealis, which in brilliancy and magnificence has seldom been surpassed in tins latitude. At about eight o’clock, persons up town, looking from the street northwards over the tops of the buildings, thought that an extensive tire was raging in that quarter. Between nine and ten, when our attention was called to the spectacle, a rose-red corona had formed at the zenith, which seemed to distribute its arched streamers of light in all directions towards the East and West. Bed tings like great clots of blood, overspread at times a h£rge portiou of the sky. The llickering streames or brushes of light diverged from the Aurora towards the zenith ; their active and beautiful motions dazzled the eye, whili the brilliancy and rapidity with which the cor ruscations appeared in various parts of the firma-rneut filled the spectator with feelings of adinira-tiou and wonder. We hope to see some account of this interesting phenomenon scientifically reported.At midnight the main arch was still visible. We never saw a more geuerully diffused Aurora, certainly not at this season of the year. The thermometer fell rapidly during the evening, und later in the night the weather was almost cold.New York Journal of Commerce, 29.New York. August 29.—The Superintendent of
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Augusta Daily Constitutionalist
Augusta, Georgia, US
Tue, Sep 06, 1859
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