Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 314
substance, and thus constitute a kind ofnet-work. If the sun is near the horizon, and the shadow of theobserver falls upon the grass, upon a field of com, orother surface covered with dew, there is visible an aure-ola, the hght of which is especially bright about thehead, but which diminishes from… … Fog-Bow seen from the Matterhorn. near where the shadow of the head falls expose to it allthat part of them which is lighted up, whereas thosefarther off expose not only the part which is lightedup, but other parts which are not, and this diminishesthe brightness in proportion as their distance…
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