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Beaver Island residents observe a strong northern-lights display, 1989

Also March 1989 aurora observation

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TypeEvent
Date1989-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1989-03
Kind
Observation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The March issue describes a striking northern-lights display observed during the second week of March 1989.

Evidence limits

This is a descriptive newspaper observation, not an instrument record or auroral forecast.

Sources

  1. Describes streams of light overhead and in the northern sky during the second week of March. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Paired held sixteen-page issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island residents observe a strong northern-lights display, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-northern-lights-march-1989-observation/, accessed [date], citing “The Northern Lights,” Beaver Beacon, March 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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