The Zodiacal Light(?)

Abstract

REFERRING to the letter of your correspondent, “J. W. B.,” Bath, in your last issue (p. 580), allow me to say that this peculiar ray of brilliant tight was seen here by myself and many other people at about 6.40 p.m. on Friday, April 6. The sunset was brilliant and cloudless, but from the horizon to about 25° in height immediately above the spot where the sun had disappeared there appeared a ray of light of great beauty and extreme brilliancy; its centre, a delicate rose colour, graduating to the edges into the purest gold. This single ray was perpendicular, and appeared to be little, if at all affected, in its brilliancy by the approaching dusk of evening, but continued to exhibit itself with little-diminished brilliancy for nearly half an hour, finally disappearing with the twilight.