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Night Sky Light

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Night Sky Light 

the illumination of a clear sky at night consisting of atmospheric and extra-atmospheric components. The major atmospheric components are the intrinsic luminescence of the upper atmosphere (see) and atmospheric light originating from the earth or beyond the earth. The extra-terrestial component includes the total radiation of the stars and of interstellar gas, zodiacal light, and gegenschein.
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From 100 miles away on the French coast, German observers could see the night sky light up.
As 100,000 German bombs rained down and a furnace of flames inched ... by Sunday Mirror (London, England)
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4 There, the night sky lights up with auroras when electrons strike oxygen and nitrogen gas in Earth's upper atmosphere.
Megastorms by Janes, Patty / Science World
 
 
 
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