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  2. Baily's beads - Wikipedia

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    As the burst of light from the ring fades, Baily's beads appear as the last bits of the bright photosphere shine through valleys aligned at the edge of the Moon. [6] As the Baily's beads disappear behind the advancing lunar edge (the beads also reappear at the end of totality), a thin reddish edge called the chromosphere (the Greek chrōma ...

  3. Halo (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    Ice crystals (only four represented above) form the 22° halo, with red and blue light being refracted at slightly different angles Among the best-known halos is the 22° halo , often just called "halo", which appears as a large ring around the Sun or Moon with a radius of about 22° (roughly the width of an outstretched hand at arm's length).

  4. Glory (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    Glory around the shadow of a plane. The position of the glory's centre shows that the observer was in front of the wings. A glory is an optical phenomenon, resembling an iconic saint's halo around the shadow of the observer's head, caused by sunlight or (more rarely) moonlight interacting with the tiny water droplets that comprise mist or clouds.

  5. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    The use of simple silver studs, rings, and earrings predominates. Common jewellery pieces such as earrings are a form of body modification, as they are accommodated by creating a small hole in the ear. Padaung women in Myanmar place large golden rings around their necks. From as early as five years old, girls are introduced to their first neck ...

  6. Silmarils - Wikipedia

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    The light is embodied first in two great lamps atop tall pillars to light Middle-earth. When these are destroyed, the light is held in the Two Trees of Valinor, and Fëanor crafts the Silmarils using their light. When the trees are killed, the last available splinters of the created light in Middle-earth are the Silmarils.

  7. Twins' Goodrum has the ring, but glasses changed his game - AOL

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    Carlos Correa, of course, possesses that precious souvenir from the Astros' world title in 2017, and Christian Vázquez owns a pair of them, from the Red Sox in 2018 and the Astros in 2022. The ...

  8. Corona (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    Lunar corona A solar corona up Beinn Mhòr (South Uist). In meteorology, a corona (plural coronae) is an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of sunlight or moonlight (or, occasionally, bright starlight or planetlight) [1] by individual small water droplets and sometimes tiny ice crystals of a cloud or on a foggy glass surface.

  9. A Guide to Every Ring Featured in ‘The Rings of Power’ - AOL

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