The mysterious Dark Day happened in New England

In 1780, in the middle of the Revolutionary War, darkness began at noon in New England .Many people thought that the day of the final judgment had arrived, and since then it would be remembered as the Dark Day of New England. Let's find out more!

The mysterious Dark Day happened in New England

On May 19, 1780 there was an event called by the historians like «The Dark Day».

Around noon , the darkness fell, the birds sang their night songs, the animals began to have behaviors strangers and humans were baffled.

When the night had arrived, the full moon did not bring the light .Even in the areas where it I had seen the light slightly solar during the day, you couldn't see the moon; there was no moon, no stars; It was the darkest night anyone had ever seen .Some of them failed to fall asleep, faced with such a shocking phenomenon, and remained awake to see if the sun came back to reality.To his relief, the star returned during the morning of May 20.As strange as it may seem, people took this as a new beginning , many prayed for hours, thanking the world for not having ended.

Almost 230 years later, researchers at the MU (University of Missouri) combined written records and evidence of fire marks to determine that the dark day was caused by massive fires burning in Canada.

"The fire travels and warms the bark, killing the living tissue.A couple of years later, the bark falls revealing the wood and the wound of the tree.When you observe the rings, you see the formation of carbon outside and the formation of resin on the top that creates a black dot, ”said Richard Guyette, director of the Tree Rings Laboratory and associate professor of forest science research at the Resource School Natives of the MU.

The researchers studied the rings of the Algonquin Highlands trees in southern Ontario, and many other locations.They discovered that a great fire had burned it in 1780, affecting at atmospheric conditions hundreds of kilometers away. Large columns of smoke were created and transported to the upper atmosphere.

Before this statement some questions arise; If forest fires are common in the region, how is it possible that no person in six states associated the event with a fire? If a forest fire was the real cause of the Dark Day, how is it that in six states, there is not even an account of falling ashes or hollin?

Therefore, with all the stories, reports and In print, it can be concluded that in 1780 there was at least one forest fire in the region, however it cannot be said that an accident like this is the real cause of the Dark Day.

On the other hand, a biblical story was released that cites an event very similar to what happened on May 19, 1780 .Approximately 2500 years earlier, the prophet Joel wrote: «The The sun will turn into darkness and the moon into blood before the day of the Lord, a great and terrible day ».

Some today believe they have the solution to this incognito, be it scientific or religious, but despite this it is very difficult to conclude which It is the right one, so for now we can only say that Dark Day 1780 in New England is still a mystery.

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