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Lowitz Arcs - Gallery
More recent Lowitz arcs on Optics Picture of the Day:
Lowitz arcs
are nearly always ephemeral and indistinct.
They seem special among the halos for being associated with patchy cloud making positive identification difficult.
Most images show enhanced views and/or a simulation when the mouse is passed over them or the small key images.