Abstract
Our wandering planet is sheathed in a nocturnal glow that usually goes unnoticed. The glow is due to a variety of physical causes and, although it is often referred to as the night airglow or nightglow, it is probably better to speak of a number of night-glows, not only because of their numerous physical origins but also because of the multiplicity of their temporal and geographical changes.
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Roach, F., Gordon, J.L. (1973). The Night Airglow Or Nightglow. In: The Light of the Night Sky. Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2553-9_4
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