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Photometeor of the halo family consisting of two luminous arcs obliquely positioned and which sometimes connect parhelia or paraselenae with the small halo.  4, record 1, English, - arcs%20of%20Lowitz

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Lowitz arcs are short arcs showing pale colours, which extend diagonally upward and downward from the parhelia to the 22°-halo. They are visible at just very few occasions. The halo is called Lowitz Arc because Thomas Lowitz was the first who observed and described these arcs in 1794 at St. Petersburg.  5, record 1, English, - arcs%20of%20Lowitz

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The arcs of Lowitz are explained by refraction through the 60° prism of hexagonal plate ice crystals, oscillating as they descend. The principal axis of the plate must oscillate about the vertical by less than 30° to produce the pattern customarily called Lowitz arcs; larger oscillations lead to more complex arcs spreading far above and below the 22° parhelia and halo.  6, record 1, English, - arcs%20of%20Lowitz

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Photométéore de la famille des halos consistant en deux arcs lumineux disposés obliquement et qui quelquefois relient les parhélies ou les parasélènes au petit halo.  2, record 1, French, - arcs%20de%20Lowitz

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Sur les halos viennent quelquefois s'appuyer des arcs tangents, brillamment colorés. Des arcs peuvent relier les parhélies (et éventuellement les parasélènes) au petit halo : ce sont les arcs de Lowitz.  3, record 1, French, - arcs%20de%20Lowitz

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Le 18 juin 1790, Tobias Lowitz rapporte un halo solaire compliqué et rare à St-Petersbourg. Là encore, de son dessin émanent des incertitudes quant à la réalité de certains arcs, aujourd'hui appelés : arcs de Lowitz.  4, record 1, French, - arcs%20de%20Lowitz

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Fotometeoro de la familia de los halos con forma de dos arcos luminosos colocados oblicuamente y que a veces enlazan los parhelios y los paraselenios con el halo pequeño.  1, record 1, Spanish, - arcos%20de%20Lowitz

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Unbranched prismatic ice crystal, in the form of needles, columns or plates, often so tiny that it seems to be suspended in the air.  2, record 2, English, - ice%20prism

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ice prisms: These crystals may fall from a cloud or from a cloudless sky  2, record 2, English, - ice%20prism

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

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Cristal de glace prismatique non ramifié ayant la forme d'aiguilles, de colonnes ou de plaques, souvent si ténu qu'il semble en suspension dans l'atmosphère.  2, record 2, French, - prisme%20de%20glace

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prismes de glace : Ces cristaux peuvent tomber d'un nuage ou par ciel clair.  2, record 2, French, - prisme%20de%20glace

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Cristales de hielo, prismáticos y sin ramificaciones, con forma de agujas o placas, tan menudos que a veces parecen estar en suspensión en el aire.  1, record 2, Spanish, - prisma%20de%20hielo

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prismas de hielo: Estos cristales pueden caer de una nube o de un cielo despejado.  1, record 2, Spanish, - prisma%20de%20hielo