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The Remarkable Sunsets

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IF the red sunsets are to be attributed to smoke and dust in the atmosphere from volcanic eruptions, as seems likely from the contributions in the last number of NATURE at hand (December 20), then it becomes important to take into account other eruptions which may have happened simultaneously with or since that of Krakatoa on August 27, 1883. In any discussion of atmospheric currents as fixing the dates of the appearance of these sunset phenomena at different places this is of special importance, in order that no confusion may arise in trying to reconcile places and dates that may refer to dust and ashes brought from entirely distinct eruptions. For this reason I send you the following extracts.

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PAUL, H. The Remarkable Sunsets. Nature 29, 284–285 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/029284a0

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