A Rare Phenomenon

HAVING just returned from Norway, it may be of interest to record that the band of light which was observed by many of your correspondents on September 11, was remarkably brilliant in N. lat. 62°, extending from the horizon to the zenith, but not beyond. It was nearly, but not quite, equal in width throughout the 90°, and therefore must either have been much wider at the base than at the apex, or else at an immense altitude. Some clue to the estimation of this altitude would be afforded by an accurate record of the zenith distance as observed in England.