映えい幻げん日じつ

noun

subparhelion

A rare atmospheric optical phenomenon: a bright spot on the parhelic circle below the sun, caused by reflection from ice crystals. Technical term used in meteorology and optics.

• 映えい幻げん日じつは、太たい陽ようの下したに現あらわれる光こう点てんの一いっ種しゅである。

  A subparhelion is a kind of bright spot that appears below the sun.