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light/atmosphere

102 words in light/atmosphere

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A

afterglow AF-ter-gloh afterwash AF-ter-wash airglow AIR-gloh albedo al-BEE-doh alpenglow AL-pen-gloh ammil AM-il analemma an-ah-LEM-ah aurora ah-ROR-ah

B

Belt of Venus BELT uhv VEE-nus blinter BLIN-ter blue hour BLOO OW-er bolide BOH-lide Bortle scale BOR-tul broch BROKH brocken spectre BROK-en SPEK-ter brume BROOM buttermilk sky BUT-er-milk SKY

C

cobweb morning KOB-web MOR-ning cockshut KOK-shut corpse candle KORPS KAN-dul crepuscular rays kreh-PUS-kyoo-ler crepuscule KREP-us-kyool

D

dawn chorus DAWN KOR-us dayspring DAY-spring diamond dust DYE-mund DUST dimpsy DIM-zee

E

Earthrise URTH-ryze earthshine URTH-shyne ecliptic eh-KLIP-tik elve ELV equinox EE-kwih-noks

F

false dawn FAWLS DAWN fata morgana FAH-tah mor-GAH-nah fogbow FOG-boh fret FRET

G

gegenschein GAY-gen-shine glade GLAYD glamourie GLAM-uh-ree gloaming GLOH-ming glory GLOR-ee gnomon NOH-mon green flash GREEN flash

H

halo HAY-loh haze HAYZ haze-fire HAYZE-fire heiligenschein HY-lih-gen-shyn hunter’s moon HUN-terz MOON

I

iceblink ICE-blink Indian summer IN-dee-uhn SUHM-er inversion in-VUR-zhun

J

jacob’s ladder JAY-kubz LAD-er

K

kawaakari kah-wah-ah-KAH-ree komorebi koh-moh-REH-bee

L

light pillar LYTE PIL-er looming LOOM-ing

M

mackerel sky MAK-rul SKY mammatus muh-MAY-tus mare’s tail MARZ TAYL midnight sun MID-nite SUN mirage mih-RAZH mock sun MOK SUN moonbow MOON-boh moondog MOON-dawg murk MURK murmuration mur-mur-AY-shun mångata MONG-ah-tah

N

nightglow NITE-gloh nimbus NIM-bus noctilucent nok-tih-LOO-sunt noctilucent clouds nok-tih-LOO-sent

O

occultation ok-ul-TAY-shun owl light OWL LITE

P

parahelic arc par-uh-HEE-lik ark paraselene par-uh-seh-LEE-nee parhelia par-HEE-lee-uh penumbra puh-NUM-bruh polar night POH-ler NITE Purkinje effect pur-KIN-yeh

Q

qaumaneq KOW-mah-nek

R

rionnach maoim REE-uh-nahk MOO-im

S

scintillation sin-tih-LAY-shun serein suh-RAN sferics SFER-iks shepherd’s warning SHEP-erdz WOR-ning solstice SOL-stis STEVE STEEV sun dog SUHN dawg sun pillar SUN PIL-er sunbreak SUN-brayk sunshower SUN-show-er

T

terminator TUR-muh-nay-ter twilight TWY-lite tyndall blue TIN-dul BLOO

U

umbra UM-brah undular bore UN-dyuh-ler BOR

W

white night WITE NITE will-o’-the-wisp WIL-uh-thuh-WISP window frost WIN-doh FRAWST

Y

yakamoz YAH-kah-moz yūgen YOO-gen

Z

zodiacal band zoh-DY-uh-kul BAND zodiacal light zoh-DY-ah-kul