幻げん日じつ環かん

noun

parhelic circle

A rare atmospheric optical phenomenon: a white horizontal circle at the same altitude as the sun, caused by reflection of sunlight from ice crystals.

• 幻げん日じつ環かんは、太たい陽ようと同おなじ高たかさに現あらわれる白しろい光ひかりの輪わです。

  A parhelic circle is a white ring of light that appears at the same altitude as the sun.