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Atmospheric Phenomena

Rainbows and Other Colorful Phenomena

If a parhelion is a Sun dog, what is an anthelion?

Also caused by hexagonal ice crystals in the air, an anthelion is like a parhelion, except that it is seen at the azimuth opposite the Sun.

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