anticorona

an·ti·co·ro·na

[an-tee-kuh-roh-nuh]
noun
a luminous edging around the shadow of an observer or the point where his or her shadow would fall, as thrown by the sun upon a cloud or fog bank.
Also called Brocken bow, glory.


Origin:
anti- + corona

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