Parry arcs

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Parry arcs [′par·ē ‚ärks]

(optics)

A class of halos appearing as faintly colored arcs above and below the sun; these refraction phenomena are produced by ice crystals which exhibit a preferred orientation, and are correspondingly more unusual than those associated with randomly oriented crystals.

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