- "On Saturday, September 3, 1859, the Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser reported,
- "Those who happened to be out late on Thursday night had an opportunity of witnessing another magnificent display of the auroral lights.
The phenomenon was very similar to the display on Sunday night, though at times the light was, if possible, more brilliant, and the prismatic hues more varied and gorgeous.
The light appeared to cover the whole firmament, apparently like a luminous cloud, through which the stars of the larger magnitude indistinctly shone.
The light was greater than that of the moon at its full, but had an indescribable softness and delicacy that seemed to envelop everything upon which it rested.
Between 12 and 1 o'clock, when the display was at its full brilliancy, the quiet streets of the city resting under this strange light, presented a beautiful as well as singular appearance."[10]"
Don't forget about the March 1989 geomagnetic storm that knocked out power in Canada, with its Quebec blackout.