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List of reflected light sources

This is a list of reflected sources of light examples in contrast to the List of light sources. The list is oriented towards visible light reflection.

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The Moon source ↗
Zodiacal light source ↗
Reflection nebula source ↗

This is a list of reflected sources of light examples in contrast to the List of light sources. The list is oriented towards visible light reflection.

Celestial and atmospheric light

  • Moonlight – Light that reaches Earth from the Moon
  • Planetshine – Illumination by reflected sunlight from a planet
    • Earthshine – Light reflected from the EarthPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Zodiacal light – Faint solar glow caused by interplanetary dust at sunset and sunrise
  • Gegenschein – Optical effect of interplanetary dust reflections[1]
  • Reflection nebula – Clouds of interstellar dust which reflect the light of nearby stars
  • Rainbow – Meteorological phenomenon
  • Fog bow – Type of rainbow formed by fog droplets
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