2012年9月22日午夜,曼哈顿夜空中布满了闪烁的绚丽帷幕。在远离北极的偏南地区,鲜有纽约人见过极光,可他们的惊叹太短了,几秒钟后,电灯开始暗淡闪烁,瞬间突然变得异常明亮,接着纽约州的电灯全部熄灭。90秒后,美国整个东部地区停电。 Midnight on September 22, 2012, Manhattan’s night sky is full of twinkling glittering curtains. In the far south of the Arctic, few New Yorkers had seen auroras, but their marvel was too short. After a few seconds, the lights began to faint and suddenly became very bright. Then the lights went out in New York State. Ninety seconds later, a blackout across the eastern United States.