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1852 C. Casey Two Years Farm Uncle Sam i. 5 Far, far away to the east, like a haze cloud on the water.

1878 School Newspaper Feb. 18/2 When the day begins to dim and the sun to slant downwards you have a rare opportunity of studying haze effects.

1887 Hist. & Work Warner Observatory I. 50 The great secret of the whole phenomenon lies in the elevated haze-layer.

1921 War Work Bureau of Standards (U.S. Dept. of Commerce) 202 The phenomenon of haze penetration by the longer waves is known to most outdoor photographers.

1948 G. B. Byram & G. M. Jemison Some Princ. Visibility & their Applic. to Forest Fire Detection 50 Its value depends on the angular scattering function of both the haze particles and the particles composing the smoke bodies.

1961 J. L. Brown et al. Sensory & Perceptual Probl. Space Flight (Nat. Res. Council Publ. 872) 8 The upper boundary of the haze..usually appears sharp. However, the sharpness will vary with the haze bands that cause multiple horizons or stratums.

1974 D. L. Coffen & J. E. Hansen in T. Gehrels Planets, Stars & Nebulae ii. 518 It is possible to determine the optical thickness of Rayleigh scatterers above a cloud or haze layer.

1990 New Scientist 28 July 65/1 I notice in the air around us there's plenty of haze pollution.

2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People ii. 50 Through the layer of haze-cloud, and then the forested hills just south of the coastal plain were below them.