Tuesday, June 06, 2006


SUN DOGS!!

Ice crystals + midnight sun = gorgeous sun dogs...I took this shot around 11:30 pm yesterday.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What's a sun dog?

Ty and Gayle said...

Hey Jilly! I stole this definitiion off of Wikipedia...

"A sun dog or sundog (scientific name parhelion) is a relatively common atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with the reflection/refraction of sunlight by the numerous small ice crystals that make up cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. Sundogs typically appear as a bright and sometimes colorful spot in the sky at a position 22 degrees to the left and/or right of the sun. They are closely related to, and sometimes appear together with, a halo."

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