AFTERGLOW  , a broad high See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch of. whitish or rosy See also:

• LIGHT

light appearing occasionally in the See also:

• SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky above the highest clouds in the See also:

• HOUR

hour of deepening See also:

• TWILIGHT

twilight, or reflected from the high See also:

• SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields in See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain regions See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long after sunset: The phenomenon is due to very See also:

• FINE

fine particles of dust suspended in the high regions of the See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere that produce a scattering effect upon the component parts of See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white light . After the eruption of See also:

• KRAKATOA (KRAKATAO, KRAKATAU)

Krakatoa in 1883, a remarkable See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of red sunsets appeared all over the See also:

• WORLD

world . These were due to an enormous amount of exceedingly fine dust blown to a See also:

• GREAT

great height by that terrific See also:

• EXPLOSION

explosion, and then universally diffused by the high atmospheric currents .