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mock sun

NOUN
  1. a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
    two or more parhelia are usually seen at once

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  • This was a fantastic and very rare display of haloes and mock suns, or parhelia. Times, Sunday Times
  • Clear weather followed the gale, and we had a series of mock suns and parhelia. South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917
  • In addition to these main lines of work, many observations of a miscellaneous character were made, including those on the occurrence and nature of parhelia or “mock suns,” which were very common, and generally finely developed, and observations of the auroral displays, which were few and rather poor owing to the comparatively low magnetic latitude. South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917
  • Sun Dogs: Also known as parhelia (beside the sun) or mock suns, sun dogs can appear as part of an “ice bow”. Celestial Phenomena
  • When there are two suns visible, or two moons, the real one and its duplicate, we call the mock sun a _parhelios_, and the mock moon a _paraselene_. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844
  • Flanking it both left and right were two brilliant, comet-shaped rainbow-colored sun dogs or mock suns (technically known as parhelia from Greek words meaning "beside the sun"). Morning Ring Around the Sun
  • Mary Shelley's day of the optical phenomenon known as parhelia, or "mock suns. Note: three suns
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