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Shiranui

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Shiranui is an atmospheric ghost light told of in Kyushu, Japan, traditionally said to appear on certain calendar days, called kaijitsu, in the seventh month of the lunisolar Japanese calendar when the wind is weak, over the Yatsushiro Sea and the Ariake Sea. The phenomenon persists into the present day, and it has been determined to be an atmospheric optical phenomenon. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Yatsushiro Sea 1
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Read from this phenomenon's own Wikipedia article (Shiranui); earth5 pass discipline judgment: Geophysics.

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1. Shiranui (Wikidata)
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located in Yatsushiro Sea
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Shiranui (Wikipedia)
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Shiranui (不知火, unknown fire; Shiranuhi in the historical kana orthography) is an atmospheric ghost light told about in Kyushu.
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