parhelia

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"But this, begging your pardon, I do think, that before a young woman does really, truly, and cordially centre her affections on one object, she suffers fancy, imagination, the desire of power, curiosity, or Heaven knows what, to stimulate, even to her own mind, pale reflections of the luminary not yet risen,--parhelia that precede the sun.

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  • But if I had a secure screened porch, I'd sleep outside during the spring and fall! parhelia on June 24th 2009 at 2: 15pm view parhelia's —  Apartment Therapy Main
  • - Like glowing parentheses, two sun dogs gave cold-bitten Omaha, Nebraska, residents a reason to go outside Wednesday. sun, sun dogs, or parhelia, can take a number of forms-from slightly brighter segments of a solar halo (as shown) to rainbow-hued horizontal streaks to blinding spots nearly indistinguishable from the sun itself. —  National Geographic News
  • These are parhelia caused by sunlight refracting through ice crystals. —  CantonRep.com Home RSS
  • Sun dogs, halos, or parhelia, are quite common when the weather conditions are just right. —  Houston Weather Blog
  • 71° North some beautiful parhelia, which are found delineated in De Veer's work, and Blavii Atlas Major Illustration: Map showing Barents' Third Voyage, from J.L. Pontani Rerum et urbis Amstelodamensium historia_, Amst., 1611 On the 15/5th June one of the crew cried out from the deck that he saw white swans, but on a closer examination it appeared that they consisted of large pieces of ice, which drifted along the edge of the pack. —  The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
 

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