Show for the deseret news NORTHERN LIMITS LIGHTS on sunday evening the uit a beautiful display of aurora borealis bo realia or northern lights was observed in this city between 9 and a light wavered up about 30 degrees towards the zenith giving the great bear bears or dipper quite a silver hue bue thence it began e to spread east and west with increasing gr grandeur a n till about 11 when the perpendicular waves streams or rays of light moving consecutively from the narth north star east an and Tweet west beautified a large portion of the northern hemisphere A few masses of floating fleecy sender clouds were gorgeously decorated with a splendor not easily described the tha light about 20 degrees above the horizon decreasing upward and downward so that at nearly midway to the zenith the scene changed into a fine yel lowgreen which was joined by a rich livery of crimson or red spanning the whole heavens leaven s from east to west several degrees widey wide as the great red belt of the north this magnificent phenomenon in varying hues beauties and f fashions among the sombre and fall clouds continued to give the science of meteorology nimble specimens of the light fireworks fire works of heaven till about one in the morning again on the evening of the lot and mornin morning of th the e 2nd and dinst was displayed the inimitable glory of he the whole heavens lae ite the ile aurora borealis a little after midnight had bad spread f from rom north to south f from rom east abt ast to west in grand divisions of pale light mellow yellow light crimson and sable green once the light formed a grand cross north and south and east and westy west curved toa to a horizontal parallax I 1 could tell the time of night on my watch by its light there was a beautiful center equally rayed near the zenith much of the time urns the sky was overcast with fall clouds and the variegated colors which softly tinged the ous rolling masses were too beautiful and sublime for plain english at times timea the southern hemisphere began with pale paie red at the zenith and shade after shade faded down to a dark orange horizon while the northern hemisphere glowed with yellow and green as the light east and west peeped through the jagged cloud holes as if the upper deep was waa an ising glass globe lantern I 1 viewed this grand scene till past 2 am and went to bed doubly impressed that jehovah can show signs amt ami wonders yet also on the evening of the third about 8 while a thunder shower was rising south wes terly a faint ilg light ht sprung up in the east and continued to rise till the summit was about 44 4 degrees high and resembled faint northern lights after the shower which began at a quarter to 9 and continued 15 minutes affording about 14 11 14 1 1 of 0 aninch an inch of water it glowed lauti fully this singular lesser twilight grew fainter and fainter from ten till jt it a little after midnight A sign in the tast ast accord ing to custom should take talce tha the th cognomen of aurora orien talis or eastern lights W W PHELPS sup met abs oba meteorological office sept 8 pt 6 1839 1859 |