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IN NATURE of Dec. 15, a correspondent asks the question, “Can Aurora be seen in daylight?” I answer, yes, beyond a doubt. In the autumn of last year (I cannot give the date nearer than that it was early in Ooctober) my eye was attracted by an unusual motion, in what at the first glance appeared to be a light fleecy cloud, but was in reality a broad ribbon of Aurora of a yellowish white colour, which changed its form and position with the peculiar streaming motion of the Aurora, sometimes almost fading entirely and again recovering its comparative distinctness.
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THOMPSON, W. Aurora by Daylight. Nature 3, 348 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/003348c0
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