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LAST evening (Sunday, February 4) the sky presented a weird and unusual aspect which at once struck the eye. A lurid tinge upon the clouds which hung around suggested the reflection of a distant fire, while scattered among these torn and broken masses of vapour having a white and phosphorescent appearance, and quickly altering and changing their forms, reminded me of a similar appearance preceding the great aurora of October 1870. Shortly some of these shining white clouds or vapours partly arranged themselves in columns from east to west, and at the same time appeared the characteristic patches of rose-coloured light which are seen in an auroral display.
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CAPRON, T. The Aurora Borealis of Feb. 4th. Nature 5, 284–285 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/005284c0
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