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Nov 29, 2009
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air•glow



Pronunciation: (âr'glō"), [key]
n.
a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow), during the day (dayglow), and at twilight (twilight glow), with each having slightly different characteristics.

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