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The Coloured Sunsets

Nature volume 66, pages 222–223 (1902)Cite this article

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THE recent fine weather has enabled one to observe the sunsets and after-glows under very favourable circumstances, and the most striking feature observed was the predominance of the beautiful salmon-colour tinge, which became most intense when the after-glow was brightest.

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    WILLIAM J. S. LOCKYER

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LOCKYER, W. The Coloured Sunsets. Nature 66, 222–223 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/066222e0

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