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'Holy Grail' of Northern Lights Just Turned The Sky Blood Red As Far South As France (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] kryptonicus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It really isn't hard to imagine how much Lovecraftian dread pre-scientific man would have experienced when looking up at something like this.

And it's an amazing testament to the human appreciation for beauty that we can still experience a similar sense of awe and wonder, even though we know the naturalistic explanation for the phenomenon.