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• Luminous mind — Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal History Timeline · Councils …   Wikipedia

• noctilucent clouds — Clouds of unknown composition that occur at great heights, 45 to 55 miles (70–90 km). They resemble thin cirrus clouds but usually with a bluish or silverish color, although sometimes orange to red, standing out against a dark night sky. Also… …   Aviation dictionary

• List of most luminous stars — Below is a list of stars arranged in order of decreasing luminosity (increasing bolometric magnitude). Accurate measurement of stellar luminosities is quite difficult in practice, even when the apparent magnitude is measured accurately, for three …   Wikipedia

• Transient luminous event — Transient luminous events (TLEs) are electrical phenomena that occur above storm clouds. TLEs are not well understood.There are several types of TLEs, the most common being the Sprite. Sprites are flashes of bright red light that occur above… …   Wikipedia

• Argentina — /ahr jeuhn tee neuh/; Sp. /ahrdd hen tee nah/, n. a republic in S South America. 35,797,536; 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Cap.: Buenos Aires. Also called the Argentine. Official name, Argentine Republic. * * * Argentina Introduction… …   Universalium

• marine phosphorescence —       heatless light generated chemically by marine plants and animals. Bioluminescence is exhibited by a wide variety of oceanic organisms, from bacteria to large squids and fish. The light is emitted when a flavin pigment, luciferin, is… …   Universalium

• светящиеся облака — Наблюдаемые в атмосфере над поверхностью океана светящиеся образования в виде облаков различной формы с ярким свечением, которые перемещаются с большой скоростью (около 180 км/ч). Такое явление ещё называют горящим кругом , блестящим облаком ,… …   Толковый уфологический словарь с эквивалентами на английском и немецком языках

• prominence — [präm′ə nəns] n. [< MFr < L prominentia < prominens: see PROMINENT] 1. the state or quality of being prominent 2. something that is prominent or that sticks out, as a hill 3. Astron. any of the luminous clouds of solar gas arching from… …   English World dictionary

• nebula — nebular, adj. /neb yeuh leuh/, n., pl. nebulae / lee , luy /, nebulas. 1. Astron. a. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Cf. dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula …   Universalium

• cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …   Universalium

• galaxy — /gal euhk see/, n., pl. galaxies. 1. Astron. a. a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space. b. (usually cap.) See Milky Way. 2. any large and brilliant or impressive… …   Universalium