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A blossary of different cosmological and meteorological phenomena.

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Green flashes and green rays are optical phenomena that sometimes occur right after sunset or right before sunrise. When the conditions are right, a green spot is visible above the upper rim of the ...

Domain: Optometry; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Optical phenomena

A parhelic circle is a halo, an optical phenomenon appearing as a horizontal white line on the same altitude as the sun, or occasionally the Moon. If complete, it stretches all around the sky, but ...

Domain: Optometry; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Optical phenomena

A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that is caused by both reflection and refraction of light in water droplets in Earth's atmosphere, resulting in a spectrum of light appearing ...

Domain: Optometry; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Optical phenomena

A sun dog (or sundog), mock sun or phantom sun, scientific name parhelion (plural parhelia), is an atmospheric phenomenon that creates bright spots of light in the sky, often on a luminous ring or ...

Domain: Optometry; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Optical phenomena

Haze is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon where dust, smoke and other dry particles obscure the clarity of the sky. The World Meteorological Organization manual of codes includes a ...

Domain: Optometry; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Optical phenomena

A glory is an optical phenomenon that resembles an iconic saint's halo about the shadow of the observer's head. The effect is believed to happen due to classical wave tunneling, when light ...

Domain: Optometry; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Optical phenomena

A Fata Morgana is an unusual and complex form of superior mirage that is seen in a narrow band right above the horizon. It is an Italian phrase derived from the vulgar Latin for "fairy" and ...

Domain: Optometry; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Optical phenomena

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