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Suppose you look at the moon and see a bright ring of light that appears to rest on its...

Suppose you look at the moon and see a bright ring of light that appears to rest on its surface.

(a) Is this ring of light a halo or a corona?

(b) What type of clouds (water or ice) must be present for this type of optical phenomenon to occur?

(c) Is this ring of light produced mainly by refraction or diffraction?

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