haloes in English
noun
1
a disk or circle of light shown surrounding or above the head of a saint or holy person to represent their holiness.
When used for human figures, the halo represents holiness or sanctity, and its iconography is developed to mark important distinctions between the figures represented.
2
a circle of white or colored light around the sun, moon, or other luminous body caused by refraction through ice crystals in the atmosphere.
H.R.Madhusudan, Science Educator at the Planetarium, said ice crystals in the earth's atmosphere caused the solar halo .
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1. Synonyms for Aureolae include haloes, aureoles, nimbuses, coronae, glories, auras, halations, radiances, disks and discs
2. Observations of such phenomena such as waterspouts, St. Elmo’s Fire, abnormal refractions, haloes, rainbows, meteors, and other astronomical phenomena, aurora, ocean currents, birds or unusual marine life are most welcome and the observer will be making a valuable contribution to our knowledge of these subjects.