Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-29
From the Annapolis Republican. No..

u on INC annapolis Republican, my ,,
BEAUTIFUL fHENoMENoS. 1T is seIl,
nave an opportunity Of Witnessing so ss,n We
and singular an appearance of the u .p'h did
the one presented on Wednesday mnrn;s s"', as
between nine and ten O'Clock. B;,E '',
which was shining with splendour =, ,, we SUI
TWO f9rheiia, or mock suns, as they -, "Nr,
eraliy called, one aeont twenty thrrr gen
north, and the other abcu, the Same =: gee
south OF the sun, and that TO the south ','''e
somewhat nearer the horizon and .b,ir ,'"-p'
norh nearer The zenith than the tue Irr,;, '"'
ne aspect OF the atmosphere in the neiohr'
hood OF the Parhelia, was hay, giving r," "3'.
ly the appearance which the sun oT,a. I'a'.
when just SO much obscurcd tina, W, ,, we,
distinguish the limits Of its disk and ", 1 I
ing too bright TO admit gazing On il i,r ''''
than second without pain to the sigh, " ~,
light emitted by The Parheia was scare
cient to produce shadows from couaour h., "a
owing 10 the splendoWr with which n,
itself was shining at The time. After som, ~.
luminous streak, was observed ,xorI:.
from the Northern Parheia, in dr,..",
exactly opposite the sun, and dyir,. ,s r ~.
misty aspect disappeared in the North gj,,,,
an appearance very similar to that ol The, ~
OF a comet.
Al The same time two CoronP, or Ec,,, ~.
sessing all the colours and splendour of d,
rainbow, were seen subendIng the nnr,,.
on The upper side One appeared to the nor.
with It's lower horn below the strpaks No H..
mentioned as extending from the Fsr3l.o,
and its upper horn disappearing, near 'hr r,.,,,
that line drawn from the sun TO the zcr,,,
would have struck it. The other was sor,I
west Of the sun, Of which it was conccn,r,c Nm,
without encircling the southern PerheGon r.
its range, as the northern one did These H..
los were not concentrIc circles. They M,
have subtended about 46o. the order # The.
colours commenced with yellow next the c,r
tres.
But the most beautiful, as well as the m,e
singular part Of this remarkable scene, Wa,
third Halo, which instead Of surrounding either
Of the luminaries as centre, seemed 10 be y.
act!y concenlric to our zenith. 1t was much
smaller in circumference, sublcnding. ".
should suppose, hardly 23', Of which ra,re-
more than a seml>circIc was ,isibe. The col
ours, as well as the position Of this how, Vi,
exactly reverse TO the other Two tIalos, both
of which, in their range touched the c.lerio.
and slightly mingled colours with this uppc,
circle, forming as it were a basis to its beau.
full inverted arches We mem :he colours were
inverted in regard to its figure, the outside
colour of this bow being the same as the inside
colours Of the other two bows: bu; the colours
next the sun were Of course alike in all three,
and changed in the same order on recedlDg
from that body. The two bows which h.i
the sun as centre, seemed TO be reflected
from hazy or misty atmosphere, which ":
have mentioned as appearing at some ds'arc:
from the sun-but this smaller Halo was re,
flected from perfectly clear and cerulean sky,
and its colours @erc by far more brilliant than
those Of either OF the others-at least equai'
ling in splendour the most beautiful RAINBOW
we have ever seen