• Thumbnail for Heiligenschein
    Heiligenschein (German: [ˈhaɪlɪɡn̩ˌʃaɪn] ; lit. 'halo, aureola') is an optical phenomenon in which a bright spot appears around the shadow of the viewer's...
    3 KB (296 words) - 04:03, 4 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for List of atmospheric optical phenomena
    Glories Green flash Halos, of Sun or Moon, including sun dogs Haze Heiligenschein or halo effect, partly caused by the opposition effect Ice blink Light...
    2 KB (128 words) - 20:45, 9 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brocken spectre
    source. The figure's head can be surrounded by a bright area called Heiligenschein, or halo-like rings of rainbow-coloured light forming a glory, which...
    12 KB (1,426 words) - 00:45, 10 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Antisolar point
    including subhorizon haloes, rainbows, glories, the Brocken spectre, and heiligenschein. Occasionally, around sunset or sunrise, anticrepuscular rays appear...
    4 KB (421 words) - 20:07, 10 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for List of natural phenomena
    Glories Green flash Halos, of Sun or Moon, including sun dogs Haze Heiligenschein or halo effect, partly caused by the opposition effect Ice blink Light...
    6 KB (534 words) - 16:34, 23 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Optical phenomenon
    Glories Green flash Halos, of Sun or Moon, including sun dogs Haze Heiligenschein or halo effect, partly caused by the opposition effect Ice blink Light...
    9 KB (968 words) - 05:58, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Halo (optical phenomenon)
    the observer's head Green flash – Meteorological optical phenomenon Heiligenschein – Optical phenomenon Infralateral arc Kern arc – atmospheric optical...
    26 KB (3,061 words) - 05:27, 11 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Glory (optical phenomenon)
    point Aureola Brocken spectre Gegenschein Halo (optical phenomenon) Heiligenschein Opposition surge Rainbow Subparhelic circle Sun dog Sylvanshine "About...
    12 KB (1,368 words) - 18:10, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gegenschein
    of the world due to light pollution. Antisolar point Earth's shadow Heiligenschein Interplanetary dust cloud Kordylewski cloud Opposition surge, the apparent...
    6 KB (627 words) - 08:22, 18 April 2024
  • doi:10.1088/1464-4258/4/3/316. Mattsson, Jan O. & Bärring, Lars (2001), "Heiligenschein and related phenomena in divergent light", Applied Optics, 40 (27):...
    2 KB (208 words) - 17:46, 8 October 2023