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magnetic storm (related)
A disturbance or fluctuation in the Earth's outer magnetosphere, usually caused by streams of charged particles (plasma) given off by solar flares. The entry of large amounts of plasma into the upper atmosphere results in intense auroral displays and other magnetic phenomena in the polar regions of the Earth.
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alpenglow
A rosy glow that suffuses snow-covered mountain peaks at dawn or dusk on a clear day.
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cockcrow
The very beginning of the day; dawn.
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daybreak
Dawn.
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eos
(Gr. Myth., person, proper) The goddess of dawn: identified with the Roman goddess Aurora
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borealis (related)
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morn
The dawn.
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dawning
(Now chiefly poetic) Dawn.
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dayspring
(Archaic) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak.
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morning
The first or early part
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sunrise
The event or time of the appearance of the upper circumferential edge of the sun as it rises above the horizon, typically the eastern horizon except for extreme latitudes.
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dawn
The time each morning at which daylight first begins.
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start (related)
An act of beginning; an initial effort:
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first-light
Dawn; sunrise; the moment at which the sun can first be seen on the horizon.
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foredawn
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m9700 (related)
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break of the day
the first light of day
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luna (related)
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  • The " Aurora " reached Cape Evans on Jan.

  • The " Aurora " proceeded westward close along the Antarctic circle.

  • The Swedish Expedition (17) of 1899-1902, engaged in measuring an arc of the meridian in Spitsbergen, were unusually well provided spectrographically, and succeeded in taking photographs of aurora in conjunction with artificial lines-chiefly of hydrogen-which led to results claiming exceptional accuracy.

  • He was the first, in 1867, to examine the spectrum of the aurora borealis, and detected and measured the characteristic bright line in its yellow green region; but he was mistaken in supposing that this same line, which is often called by his name, is also to be seen in the zodiacal light.

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