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Alpenglow
Reddish glow on the horizon opposite the Sun just after it sets / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alpenglow (from German: Alpenglühen, lit. 'Alps glow'; Italian: enrosadira) is an optical phenomenon that appears as a horizontal reddish glow near the horizon opposite to the Sun when the solar disk is just below the horizon.[1]
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