TWO MOCK SUNS SEEN IN WESTERN SKY.
PARHELIA APPEAR IN SOLAR HALO.
Two mock suns appeared in the western sky yesterday at about 5 pm. They were at the edges of a yellowish d6ud. and were in a horizontal line with the sun, apparently forming part of a solar halo. Parhelia are rather unusual in these latitudes, but common in the Antarctic, where four mock suns often appear in a parabola around the sun. Parhelia are said to be due to ice Crystals in the air. In the case noted yesterday it was suggested there was dust in suspension in the air, the thin yellow cloud in which the mock suns appeared having a dusty tinge.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18587, 12 October 1928, Page 8
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