0 a bright spot in the sky that looks like a sun and is at the same height as the sun, but appears opposite it:
The anthelion is a rare optical phenomenon.
Anthelia are caused by the refraction of light through ice crystals in high cloud.
A very uncommon halo phenomenon is the anthelion, whose name means “against the sun."
Anthelia were observed by Captain Scoresby in the Greenland Sea.
In the photographs, the anthelion is the white spot on the parhelic circle opposite the sun.
