We had parhelia again more than once, but developed imperfectly; a mass of incandescence 22° from the sun, with prismatic coloring, but without the circular and radial appearances that had characterized it before.
Two evenings later, the parhelia gave us another spectacle of interest.
The sun shone forth with great brightness, surrounded by a halo of the most brilliant colours, with four parhelia that rivalled the sun himself.
Sometimes parhelia appear in a different manner; as when three suns have been seen in the same vertical circle, well defined, and touching one another.
Parhelia are generally accompanied with coronas, some of which are tinged with rainbow colours, but others are white.
Parhelia are apparently of the same size with the sun, though not always of the same brightness, nor even of the same shape; and when a number appear at once, there is some difference in both respects among them.
The parhelia are most brilliant when the sun is near the horizon.
From the parheliaof the inner halo two oblique curves (L) proceed.
The parhelia (p) were explained by Mariotte as due to refraction through a pair of alternate faces of a vertical prism.
The positions of the parhelia of 22 degrees, e, e', also depend upon solar altitude.
The ordinary parhelia are 22 degrees from the sun in azimuth, or a little more, according to the altitude of the luminary.
These arcs are directed obliquely downward from the parhelia of 22 degrees on either side of the sun toward the halo of 22 degrees.
Parhelia have occasionally been seen about 46 degrees from the sun.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "parhelia" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
