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sun pillar

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noun

Astronomy.

  1. a halo phenomenon in which a vertical streak of light appears above and below the sun, believed to be caused by the reflection of sunlight by ice crystals with vertical axes.

Etymology

Origin of sun pillar

First recorded in 1900–05

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