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What does alpenglow mean?

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Noun
  1. A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
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The Cloisters, just to the south, were bathed in orange light: a sort of commuter's alpenglow.
Ride the gondola to a log lodge on the top of Winter Park Mountain and watch the alpenglow wash over the granite tops of the Indian Peaks, turning the clouds orange and pink.
There were fleeting blushes as rosy as the alpenglow now tinging her pale cheek.
Nearing dusk, we put on skins and climbed back up to the lodge, whose beaconing lights looked like a Christmas card with alpenglow highlighting the surrounding mountains.
Sinking behind nearby Mount St. Helens, the sun ignited Mount Hood in fiery red alpenglow.
When those glossy domes swim into the alpenglow, wet after rain, you conceive how long and imperturbable are the purposes of God.

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