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FOR more than half an hour after sunset this evening there was a broad band of light rising vertically through a clear sky immediately above where the sun had set. It moved as the sun moved northward below the horizon, retaining its vertical position. It must have been formed at a very great height in the atmosphere, for it outlasted all the other sunset tints, which were very beautiful. It would be interesting to know whether this was seen from many places far apart.
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MURPHY, J. Optical Phenomenon. Nature 14, 231 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014231d0
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