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Added	Fri, 07/10/2016
Sources	Российский гидрометеорологический энциклопедический словарь / Под. ред. А. И. Бедрицкого. — СПб.; Москва : Летний сад, 2009. — Т
Феномены	UFO
Version type	Atmospheric phenomena

Rare atmospheric optical phenomenon in which the sky appears a bright white spot — "second sun", located at the same height above the horizon, but the opposite of the last. The appearance anthelia caused by the refraction and internal reflection of light in a suspension of smallest ice crystals in the atmosphere. Sometimes antihelium called the faint halo surrounding the shadow of the object cast on the cloud layer or fog.

A statement similar to Parghelia, observed the moon, called porcelana.

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