Zodiacal Light, thought to be sunlight reflected from meteoric dust along the plane of the ecliptic. From The Beauty of the Heavens by Charles F Bloun

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Zodiacal Light, thought to be sunlight reflected from meteoric dust along the plane of the ecliptic. From The Beauty of the Heavens by Charles F Blount (London, 1845). Coloured lithograph.

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Keywords: 1845, astronomy, beauty, blount, charles, coloured, dust, ecliptic, heavens, light, lithograph, london, meteoric, plane, reflected, science, sunlight, thought, zodiacal