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The anti-coronae, or luminous rings around the anti-solar point, are explained as a peculiar diffraction phenomenon in small water drops. The optical and the electromagnetic theories give results in agreement with each other and with the observations. The most important features are those which relate to the polarization.
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H. C. van de Hulst (1947) studied this question.
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