262 Great Aurora of 1859. 
colors; sometimes in tremulous sheets of pale yellow, changing — 
gradually into a deep crimson, or shooting pp in streams 
of light resembling those frequently observed from the se 4 
sun. It covered at times the entire space between N.W. and — 
.E., leaving the sky from the horizon to its apparent base, — 
perfectly clear. Towards 10 o'clock its brilliancy gradually died 
away, but it continued more or less visible till the dawn of day. 
ept. 2d, between 2 and 3 A. ., the aurora displayed itselfim 
greater splendor than it did on the 28th. Many persons were” 
awakened from their slumbers by the intense light whichen — 
tered their chambers. 
20. Observations at Savannah, Ga. (lat. 32° 5’), from the Savaw : 
nah Republican. a 
On the evening of Aug. 28th we had a brilliant display of the 
aurora borealis. The northern sky, for an extent of some forty: : 
five degrees, was luminous with a mass of red light, from when 3 
shot up towards the zenith the usual streaks, at times Vl 
beautiful. 
west. About 2 o’clock it formed a complete arch overiens 
from N.E. to 8.W. About 8 a. M. it gathered in the | 
and sent out bright fiery flashes in every direction. It was 
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its paling light died out. It was of ‘a reddish hue, 1 = : 
pe and its flickering light assumed a kind of pyramidal i 
shooting up into the heavens, nearly to the zenith. its right 
centre seemed to grow dim, and a division took place, } after 3 
wing moving to the extreme north, where the left wid x 
short time joined it, ’ sont, 9d, the 
ween 12 and 8 o'clock on the morning of Sept. never 
aurora was re upon a scale of beauty an light shot 
before witnessed in the south. A bright pink colored hg ny 
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flickering and brightening until they reached the 2m 
Soon encircled the hemisphere like a belt from can time the 
fter about three-quarters of an hour, during whi he bright 
aurora occasionally furnished light enough to read by, ae 
and beautiful light suddenly clothed the entire firmam 
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