with Buddha or divinity). Stylized glories appear occasionally in Western heraldry. Two glories appear on the Great Seal of the United States: A glory breaking through clouds surrounding a cluster of 13 stars on the obverse, and a glory surrounding the Eye of Providence surmounting an unfinished pyramid on the reverse. Gallery See also Antisolar point Aureola Brocken spectre Gegenschein Halo (optical phenomenon) Heiligenschein Opposition surge Rainbow Subparhelic circle Sun dog Sylvanshine References Additional reading External links Video of a glory seen from an airplane archived at Ghostarchive.org on 4 May 2022 Glories – Explanation and image gallery How are glories formed? First Observation of Glory From Space The Science of the Glory, Scientific American, Jan. 2012 Glory and Brocken Spectre panorama Atmospheric optical phenomena