halos

• atmospheres
• auras
• aureoles
• glories

• noun
  1. A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
  2. A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
  3. Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
  4. Nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
  5. The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
  6. (iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head.
  7. A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
  8. A rollbar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of a open cockpit racecar.

• The halos around the streetlights gave the city a surreal glow.
• In religious art, saints are often depicted with halos symbolizing their holiness.
• The mist in the forest created mysterious halos around the trees.
• As the sun set, halos of color appeared around the clouds on the horizon.
• The photographer captured the ethereal halos formed by the light streaming through the stained glass windows.

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