Parhelic circle

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A parhelic circle is a type of halo, an optical phenomenon appearing as a horizontal white line on the same altitude as the Sun, or occasionally the Moon. If complete, it stretches all around the sky, but more commonly it only appears in sections.

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Image: Commander John Bortniak, NOAA Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.