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solar halo::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | parhelic circle, parhelic ring |
| Type of | halo |
Examples of solar halo
solar halo
A sundog, or solar halo, appears in the sky above snowy Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009.
From the washingtonpost.com
At sunset, the camera, aimed directly at the solar fireball, captured the brilliant halo of the sun's corona-usually invisible on earth because of the terrestrial atmosphere.
From the time.com
The sun's atmosphere, or corona, can be seen from Earth during the peak of a total solar eclipse, when it appears as a shimmering halo around the moon.
From the sciencedaily.com
The moon slides across the sun, showing a blazing halo of light, during an annular solar eclipse at a waterfront park in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Monday, May 21, 2012.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Possibly this is the first time it has approached the Sun, after being knocked out of its birthplace in the distant Oort cloud, a halo of icy bodies in the outer solar system.
From the newscientist.com
It is during an eclipse that scientists can fully observe the sun's spectacular halo, or corona, believed to be caused by the outrushing of solar gases.
From the time.com
A paper released just two days ago took a look at stars relatively close to our solar neighborhood, and looked for evidence of this inner distribution of mass from the theoretical dark matter halo.
From the scienceblogs.com
