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Post by t-bob on Mar 7, 2019 10:02:57 GMT -5
Heiligenschein
noun
1. a ring of light around the shadow cast by a person's head, especially on a dewy, sunlit lawn, caused by reflection and diffraction of light rays; halo.
Quotes
The dark figure outlined on the mountain mist may have had a glory around its head, or at least a Heiligenschein, and seemed like ghost to the mountaineer who saw it.
-- Elizabeth A. Wood, Science from Your Airplane Window, 1968
You may sometimes have noticed a faint sheen, or increased brightness, around the shadow of your head when this falls on a grass lawn, particularly when the Sun is low, and you cast a long shadow. This sheen is known as a heiligenschein, a German word meaning 'holy glow.'
-- John Naylor, Out of the Blue: A 24-hour Skywatcher's Guide, 2002
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Post by brucemacneill on Mar 7, 2019 10:25:56 GMT -5
Heiligenschein noun 1. a ring of light around the shadow cast by a person's head, especially on a dewy, sunlit lawn, caused by reflection and diffraction of light rays; halo. Quotes The dark figure outlined on the mountain mist may have had a glory around its head, or at least a Heiligenschein, and seemed like ghost to the mountaineer who saw it.
-- Elizabeth A. Wood, Science from Your Airplane Window, 1968
You may sometimes have noticed a faint sheen, or increased brightness, around the shadow of your head when this falls on a grass lawn, particularly when the Sun is low, and you cast a long shadow. This sheen is known as a heiligenschein, a German word meaning 'holy glow.'
-- John Naylor, Out of the Blue: A 24-hour Skywatcher's Guide, 2002 In my experience it comes from lack of hair. |
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Post by Marshall on Mar 7, 2019 10:58:51 GMT -5
Heilli Genschein - Wasn't she the blond babe in ABBA?  |
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