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COLOURED rings are often seen surrounding the shadow of the spectator's head when the sun is shining on a fog of water particles. They are known by various names, such as glories, anthelia, Ulloa's rings, &c. Can any of your readers inform me if they can also be seen when the fog is frozen? I should also be glad of accurate accounts of their colour and angular dimensions. I have read those given by Scoresby (Kaemtz, “Meteorology,” translated by Walker); Flammarion (Glaisher's “Travels in the Air”); Abercromby (Phil. Mag., January 1887); and Molin (NATURE, February 1888).
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MCCONNEL, J. Glories. Nature 40, 594 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040594a0
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