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A Lunar Rainbow, or an Intra-lunar convergence of Streams of slightly illuminated Cosmic Dust?

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ABOUT 8.30 P.M. yesterday a large zone of the sky, from the horizon at W.N.W. to the horizon at E. by S., was illuminated in a very remarkable manner, and this illumination lasted about three-quarters of an hour, when it gradually died out.

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LEFROY, J. A Lunar Rainbow, or an Intra-lunar convergence of Streams of slightly illuminated Cosmic Dust?. Nature 12, 329–330 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012329b0

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