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ON the Wiltshire Downs, near Marlborough, at about 4 o'clock on February 10, I observed a white mist-bow, in position and shape resembling the rainbow, but pure white, and the arc was of considerable width throughout, estimated at 5°–10°, altitude of the sun 15°–20°, altitude of the summit of the bow 35°–45°. The wind was slight, and there was a frost at the time, and a thick deposit of rime on the trees, &c. Has this been observed elsewhere or explained? Is the phenomenon due to the superposition of coloured bows, or to the polarisation of the semicrystallised vapour composing the fog?
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E., A. Mist-Bow. Nature 33, 366 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/033366b0
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