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ANTHELION (late Gr. avOil]uos, opposite the sun)

ANTHELION (See also:
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late Gr. avOil]uos, opposite the See also:
SUN
SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)
sun) , the luminous See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring or See also:

HALO

halo sometimes seen in Alpine or polar regions surrounding the See also:

SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

shadow of the See also:

head of an observer See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast upon a See also:

BANK

bank of See also:

CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud or mist. The halo diminishes in brightness from the centre outwards, and is probably due to the diffraction of See also:

LIGHT

light. Under favourable 'conditions four concentric rings may be seen See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the shadow of the observer's head, the outermost, which seldom appears, having an angular See also:

RADIUS

radius of 400.

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