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mock sun

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mock sun
n.
A parhelion.

mock sun
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) another name for parhelion
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Noun1.mock sun - a bright spot on the parhelic circlemock sun - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"
maculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"


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Anyway, on that faraway ice,Clare watched the slow glow of the sinking sun spread into a golden pillar supported by a mock sun on either side.
 
 
 
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