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The phenomenon described by M. Dechevrens as often witnessed in China, I have several times seen in this country, namely, beams or spokes in the eastern sky about sunset, springing from a point due opposite to the sun. The appearance is not very strongly marked, and I used to think I must have been mistaken, till I came to see the true explanation, which was the same as that furnished by your correspondent.
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HOPKINS, G. “A Curious Halo”. Nature 27, 53 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/027053c0
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