Glory

A glory is an optical phenomenon that resembles an iconic saint's halo about the shadow of the observer's head, caused by light of the Sun or (more rarely) the Moon interacting with the tiny water droplets that make up mist or clouds.

Main category: Glories

Photograph

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  from a plane, over Europe, January 2003
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