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IN accordance with my anticipations (see Astr. Nachr., 2885), luminous night-clouds have now been seen at the southern point of South America. Herr Stubenrauch, meteorological observer at Punta-Arenas, writes to me that he twice saw the phenomenon in December 1888. According to the same observer, it was noticed several years ago by a naval officer in the Beagle Channel, rather to the south of Punta-Arenas. The description given by Herr Stubenrauch leaves no room for doubt that the phenomenon is identical with that observed in Europe.
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JESSE, O. Luminous Night-Clouds. Nature 39, 537 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039537a0
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