Light Effect Common to Many Sci-Fi Flicks

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Comics, Group 1079, Puzzle 1 (Silver Proof).

Question is: Light Effect Common to Many Sci-Fi Flicks

and the answer is: LENSFLARE

Word Meaning:

LENS FLARE — A stray patch of brightness in a photographic image resulting from aberrant refractions or reflections within the lens due to an exceptionally bright light source, sometimes one just outside the image proper.

Definitions from Wiktionary.