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LAST night, the 2nd inst., I here witnessed a very fine specimen of the Aurora Borealis, It was in the form of radiating lines or ribs, having spaces between, equal to the width of the ribs, namely, equal light and equal shadow; the whole springing from a centre about 15° from the zenith in a south-westerly direction. When I first perceived the light, at 6.45 p.m., it was faint and of the colour of moonlight, and was not distinctly traceable all over, but by filling up the void, in the n ind's eye, the whole gave the appearance of an immense dome. Fifteen minutes later it had all disappeared, but at 7.15 it began to flash out in different places like slow lightning, principally at the zenith, much brighter than before, but still of the same colour, and around the centre the light took the shape of a sort of eccentric vortex ring.
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LINEHAM, W. The Recent Aurora. Nature 26, 549 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026549b0
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