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  1. A cone-shaped light sometimes seen extending
  2. from the Sun along the ecliptic, visible
  3. after sunset or before sunrise. It is due to
  4. thinly spread dust particles in the central
  5. plane of the solar system. It is very faint,
  6. and requires a dark, clear sky to be seen.
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