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The background radiation, or ambient radiation, is a type of natural radiation, which always exists in an environment.
In 2256, after a drilling accident on the Crepusculan homeworld, the ambient radiation from this event dried up the water table, threatening the Crepusculans with extinction. (DIS: "The Vulcan Hello")