The moon and stars were brilliant white beacons in a velvet black sky.
Even better, the moon was up and its light provided a brilliant beacon by which Delloreen, with her demon-enhanced senses, could find the trail easily.
It was aimed forward along the axis of the ship - and, therefore, pointing very close to the brilliant beacon of Saturn, still months away.
Mr. Reagan said the country "is an even more brilliant beacon of freedom and hope."
This Memorial Day is not a good one for the country that was once the world's most brilliant beacon of freedom and justice.
As for the course, that wasn't difficult, either: the lightning that flickered around the Mountain served as a brilliant beacon.
"Light Peak: black hole or brilliant beacon?"
A brilliant beacon on the frontiers of twilight, Venus was following the sun into the west.
An improved Fresnel lens with prism surfaces created an even more brilliant beacon.
In less than a blink of an eye, a brilliant crimson red beacon ignites, tracing a line into the heavens.