The Arctic Home in the Vedas c6.29

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often of several days' duration. As stated above, at first only a pale flush of light will appear, and it will continue visible on the horizon, revolving round and round, if the observer is sufficiently near the Pole, for some days, when at last the orb of the sun will emerge, and start the alternation of day and night described above, to be eventually terminated into a long day. The splendours of the Aurora Borealis would also be less marked and conspicuous in the southern latitudes than at the North Pole.