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The Zodiacal Light

On a clear, dark night in the tropics a luminous pyramid is seen in the sky after sunset and before sunrise. The phenomenon seems to be caused by the scattering of sunlight by interplanetary dust

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 203 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “The Zodiacal Light” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 203 No. 1 (), p. 54
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0760-54