Definition
The loom is the diffuse glow scattered by haze, cloud or the atmosphere above a powerful light that is still below the horizon. Sweeping loom from a rotating lantern can be detected many miles beyond the geographical range and is valuable for early landfall recognition, but it must not be used as a rising and dipping observation because the geometry is undefined. It can, however, be timed to confirm the period of the characteristic.
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