11.   As anti-aircraft guns continued firing, flashes of light, as if from giant cameras suspended in the air, illuminated the sky.

12.   Atlantis rose from its seaside launch pad and illuminated the sky for miles around more than an hour before sunrise.

13.   Explosions rocked Sarajevo overnight as tracer bullets and mortar blasts illuminated the skies near the former Holiday Inn.

14.   There was no immediate report of casualties from the shelling, which began after dark with parachute flares illuminating the skies.

15.   As soon as night falls Monday, two enormous shafts of light will illuminate the sky over lower Manhattan, creating a phantom image of the missing towers.

16.   Suddenly, everyone hits the deck as the night sky is illuminated by a flare, revealing every nook and cranny for miles around to the naked eye.