twilight zone

Some companies have proposed releasing this waste within the twilight zone, but the environmental consequences of such practices have remained largely unknown -- until now.

Instead, as Mr. King notes, they mostly inhabit the “twilight zone,” a place of shifting realities and an infinite number of possible explanations.

But Cochran would later describe the case as “a twilight zone of deceit, dishonesty, betrayal and official corruption.”

The deep sea begins at about 200 meters below sea level, where light starts to diminish in a region called the twilight zone.

Scientists call this section of the ocean the “twilight zone” because the fish that inhabit it are basically living in darkness with only a small glimpse of light, Paig-Tran said.