Afterlight


the visible in the sky sunset; afterglow.
a view of past events; retrospect.
Historical Examples

Alppain had set, but the whole northern sky was plunged into the minor key by its afterlight.
A Voyage to Arcturus David Lindsay

But it was evening now and the valley beneath us was brimmed up with the glow of the afterlight.
The Golden Road Lucy Maud Montgomery

My conduct, as well as yours, when we look at it calmly in an afterlight, was quite extraordinary.
Castle Craneycrow George Barr McCutcheon

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