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Fire scars reveal source of New England’s 1780 Dark Day

Erin R. McMurry, Michael C. Stambaugh, Richard P. Guyette, Daniel C. Dey

A study using fire scars to investigate New England’s Dark Day of 19 May 1780. It supports wildfire as a likely explanation for the darkening, providing historical evidence to consider alongside Ellen White’s prophetic interpretation.

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Edition and location

International Journal of Wildland Fire 16 (2007), 266–270; DOI10.1071/WF05095; USDA-hosted PDF

p266, opening account and abstract

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