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mock sun

(Physical Geography) another name for parhelion

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mock sun - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"

parhelion, sundog

maculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

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The sun is alone, except in thick weather, when there sometimes appear to be two, but one is a mock sun. God is alone -- but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion.

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The phenomenon is known as a 'sun dog' or mock sun, an optical phenomenon which appears as a bright spot to the left or right of the real sun within a 22-degree halo.

Sun dog appears in China - Phenomenon of one or two mock suns has been known since Antiquity

Anyway, on that faraway ice,Clare watched the slow glow of the sinking sun spread into a golden pillar supported by a mock sun on either side.

Love and a very cold climate; In pursuit of her dream of being a writer, the brilliant young woman was offered advice by JK Rowling's editor, then she crossed the frozen wastes of Greenland, before exploring a German psychiatrist's passion for a Jewish ``nymphomaniac''. David Charters reports

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