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ashen light

In astronomy, faint glow occasionally reported in the dark hemisphere of Venus when the planet is in a crescent phase. The glow probably originates from the high temperatures at the surface and in the lower atmosphere of Venus.



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As early as 1600, Galileo had begun to transfer his artist's knowledge of reflection and secondary light to his study of the moon and its mysterious ashen light.
Painting the Heavens: Art and Science in the Age of Galileo by Byard, Margaret M. / Renaissance Quarterly
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