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Until April 13, a phenomenon that can only be sighted twice a year is occurring above our heads.
Look towards the western horizon around an hour after sunset, and if the air is clear you could see ‘zodiacal light’.
ESOY. Beletsky, CC license
Seen in the Northern Hemisphere just after twilight, according to NASA, what we’re seeing in that faint glow is “sunlight reflected toward Earth by a cloud of tiny dust particles orbiting the Sun.”
Continued below.
Look For the Pyramid of Light in the Night Sky Known as the Zodiacal Glow
Look towards the western horizon around an hour after sunset, and if the air is clear you could see ‘zodiacal light’.
ESOY. Beletsky, CC license
Seen in the Northern Hemisphere just after twilight, according to NASA, what we’re seeing in that faint glow is “sunlight reflected toward Earth by a cloud of tiny dust particles orbiting the Sun.”
Continued below.
Look For the Pyramid of Light in the Night Sky Known as the Zodiacal Glow