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FOR the last four evenings, the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th, and again to-night, the colour of the sky from 20 to 25 minutes after sunset has taken that deep magenta glow looking very like the effect of a great fire, only lighter in tone. Last night, the 18th, this lasted until after 7 o'clock, and stars were then shining through it as they do through an aurora.
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LESLIE, R. The Sky-Glows. Nature 30, 512 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030512b0
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