phenomenon

Zodiacal light

Cosmos

A faint pyramid of glow along the ecliptic after dusk or before dawn. Not milky-way, and not zodiac the sign list.

Roman religion

  • Zodiacal light appears in Roman religion.

    Pliny’s Natural History notes pale zodiacal glow among sky marvels along the sun’s path. A named zodiacal light in that encyclopedia, not milky-way as the night band already filed and not aurora.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

    appears in · sourced · documented

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