History / Reels on Instagram: "This is how the Carrington Event appeared to the world. In September 1859, humanity realized for the first time just how powerful — and dangerous — our Sun could be. British astronomer Richard Carrington observed an intense flash on the Sun’s surface, the strongest solar flare ever recorded. Only 17 hours later, a massive wave of charged particles slammed into Earth — a coronal mass ejection that rewrote scientific history. The sky turned unreal. Auroras lit up reg