A Peculiar Radiation of Light

Abstract

AT 10.30 p.m. this evening, my attention was called to a peculiar radiation of light in the eastern sky. The centre of radiation was due east, and the bars on the right-hand side were increased in brilliancy by light evidently arising from the moon, which was not visible, but concealed by cloud. The extent of these rays was from horizon to zenith; the rays being of unequal size, but of a pale gray colour, slightly iridescent.