{"id":46987,"date":"2021-12-19T21:21:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T21:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/?p=46987"},"modified":"2021-12-19T21:21:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T21:21:19","slug":"what-exactly-is-the-strange-orange-light-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/what-exactly-is-the-strange-orange-light-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"What exactly is the strange orange light in the sky?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the past couple of days, people living on the West side of London have noticed a strange orange light in the middle of a pitch-black sky. 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