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We must first describe the phenomena and the circumstances in which each of them occurs. The halo often appears as a complete circle: it is seen round the sun and the moon and bright stars, by night as well as by day, and at midday or in Jonathan Toews Jersey the afternoon, more Kevan Miller Jersey rarely about sunrise or sunset.
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Mock suns and rods are always seen by the side of the sun, not above or below it nor in Jean-Francois Jacques Jersey the opposite quarter of the sky. They are not seen at night but David Pastrnak Jersey always in the neighbourhood of the sun, either as it is rising or setting but more commonly towards sunset. They have scarcely ever appeared when the sun was on the meridian, though this once happened in Bosporus where two mock suns rose with the sun and followed it all through the day till sunset.
These are the facts about each of these phenomena: the cause of them all is the same, for they are all reflections. But they are different varieties, and are distinguished by the surface from which and the way in which the reflection to the sun or some other bright object takes place.
The rainbow is seen by day, and it was formerly thought that it never appeared by night as a moon rainbow. This opinion was due to the NHL Mens Detroit Red Wings Black Camo Stack Pullover Hoodie rarity of the occurrence: it was not observed, for though it does happen it does so rarely. The reason is that the colours are not so easy to see in the dark and that many other conditions Kirk Mclean Jersey must coincide, and all that in a single day in the month. For if there is to be one it must be at full moon, and then as the Nike Air Max 90 Damskie new moon is either rising or setting. So we have only met with two instances of a moon rainbow in more than fifty years.
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