parhelia
- plural of parhelion.
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Also visible were a range of other effects, including parhelia - or sun dogs - which appear as bright patches either side of the sun.
From BBC • May 29, 2023
Not only did the sun smile upon the scene, but two mock suns or parhelia, almost as bright as himself, shone on either side of him.
From Ungava by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The weather in the wintertime is generally bright and clear; sometimes there are fogs, and hoar frost, which encrusts the trees with the most beautiful crystals: parhelia and aurora borealis are frequently seen.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp
And how her eyes sparkled as she said these words, like the parhelia in the glowing girdle of a solar halo!
From Eyes Like the Sea by Jókai, Mór
It seemed as if the sun himself had been multiplied in order to add to the excessive brilliancy, for he was surrounded by parhelia, or sun-dogs, as the men called them.
From The World of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
