Meaning of "emanating" in the below paragraph

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A friend asked me to read and edit a short story for fun. I was just wondering if he was correct when he wrote this.

Its dazzling rays of resplendent, golden sunshine spread far and wide, across the magnificent purple sky. The light peaked the tallest mountain, making a beautiful contrast between gleaming white snow and the violet sky, emanating a powerful glow, that felt empowering and strong. The sheer awesomeness and force of the strange energy seemingly reached down to the heavens.

In the above paragraph, the word emanating is in bold. The definition of emanating is to come from a source. If the word emanating is referring to a source, what would be the source? Originally, I thought the source was the light, but now I think that the emanation is from the contrast of the violet sky, gleaming white snow, and dazzling rays of sunlight. What is the source of the emanation, and is emanating used properly?

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emanate = to come from or out of
Cambridge dictionary

The source of the light in this case is the illuminated snow near the top of the mountain.
A contrast is not capable of emanating. Nor is the violet sky (at least, not in comparison to the brilliance of the snow). So what did the light do? The sentence may be understood as:
The light

peaked the tallest mountain,
made a contrast between gleaming white snow and the violet sky, and
emanated (from the brightly lit snow) as a powerful glow that felt empowering and strong.

Meaning of "emanating" in the below paragraph

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