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The brightish white halolike spot appearing occasionally on the parhelic circle opposite the sun.

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  • Glory: Also known as an anthelion (opposite the sun), A glory is produced by light backscattered (a combination of diffraction, reflection and refraction) towards its...
  • The anthelion remained upon the clouds sufficiently distinct, and for
  • What of the silhouette or the anthelion of the Scandinavian Alps, and the aerial cities so often seen by explorers and travelers?
  • He, however, not having observed the anthelion at the moment when her image appeared in it, had not been especially surprised by a phenomenon which he had already seen...
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