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radiant, soft, or tinged with the colors of early morning
- The sky glowed with an auroral hue as the sun began to rise.
- Her painting captured the auroral stillness of early morning.
- The poem opened with an auroral image of awakening light.
- He stood in the auroral mist, watching the day begin.
- The auroral tones of the landscape gave it a dreamlike quality.
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pertaining to or caused by natural light displays in the Earth's upper atmosphere, especially near polar regions
- The auroral display lit up the Arctic sky in shimmering waves.
- Scientists studied the auroral patterns caused by solar winds.
- The satellite captured stunning auroral activity over the poles.
- Auroral emissions are strongest during geomagnetic storms.
- The film included breathtaking footage of auroral phenomena.