alpenglow

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A rosy or reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow covered mountains
a reillumination sometimes observed after the summits have passed into shadow, supposed to be due to a curving downward (refraction) of the light rays from the west resulting from the cooling of the air
A reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains; specif
{i} reddish glow seen on mountaintops before sunrise or after sunset
alpenglow

    Silbentrennung

    al·pen·glow

    Aussprache

    Etymologie

    () A calque of German Alpenglühen from Alpen (“Alps”) + glühen (“to glow”).
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