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: --
Anthelia are caused by the refraction of light through ice crystals in high cloud.
The anthelion is a rare optical phenomenon.
In the photographs, the anthelion is the white spot on the parhelic circle opposite the sun.
Anthelia were observed by Captain Scoresby in the Greenland Sea.
A very uncommon halo phenomenon is the anthelion, whose name means “against the sun."
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
anthelion