and gave very much the same description of this very- 

 curious phenomenon. 



As this pink glow has attracted attention from places 

 widely separated, it may be of some interest if I state that 

 many times during the present year I have noticed the same 

 effect. As early as January I saw at mid-day the pink 

 tint extending to at least 15° or 20° from the sun. I saw 

 the same thing again from the East coast of Anglesea about 

 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 5th July, and at the same 

 time some of the clouds near the pink part of the sky 

 showed the most beautiful nacreous tints, this effect lasting 

 for a few minutes only. 



About the end of August, and lasting for at least an hour 

 after sunset, this pink tint was visible as a broad band of 

 liglit, bounded at right and left by a green tint exactly 

 complementary to the pink. Taking the place of the sun as 

 a centre this pink light had about the breadth of the 

 zodiacal light and extending in the same direction as 

 when that phenomenon is seen in the western sky. By this 

 I do not wish it to be inferred that I think the zodiacal 

 light has anything to do with the matter, and merely refer 

 to it to indicate the appearance of the pink light on the 

 evening named. On the following morning there was a 

 fainter pink tint in the sky near the sun, and several times 

 since the same appearance has been visible at different times 

 of the day. 



It is a singular fact that some persons fail at first to see 

 the pink colour. 



It may be stated that the pink colour of the sky is not 

 always visible when the atmosphere seems favourable for its 

 appearance, the neighbourhood of the sun having the usual 

 grey tint. The times when the pink colour is best seen are 

 when there are masses of white cloud near, the colour of 

 the sky then becomes most apparent. 



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