Oklahoma Sundog by Richardphotos
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Description
A sun dog or sundog, scientific name parhelion
took the other day while in Oklahoma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog
Sundogs may appear as a colored patch of light to the left or right of the sun, 22° distant and at the same distance above the horizon as the sun, and in ice halos. They can be seen anywhere in the world during any season, but they are not always obvious or bright. Sundogs are best seen and are most conspicuous when the sun is low.
Sundogs are made commonly of plate-shaped hexagonal ice crystals in high and cold cirrus clouds or, during very cold weather, by ice crystals called diamond dust drifting in the air at low levels. These crystals act as prisms, bending the light rays passing through them with a minimum deflection of 22°. If the crystals are randomly oriented, a complete ring around the sun is seen — a halo. But often, as the crystals sink through the air they become vertically aligned, so sunlight is refracted horizontally — in this case, sundogs are seen.
Comments (47)
Great capture. Nice shot and info. Today I have learned something new. I'm happy about this. Thank you. Well done
Great shot here Richard!
A lovely shot and great info Richard.
Excellent, and great info!! :)
Fantastic capture of this Oklahoma Sundog, and thanks for the explanation Richard
Excellent!!
Very cool shot interesting explanation
This is fantastic and very clean, no trees or anything but sky
Very lovely! Thanks for the info; new to me!
that's so cool. nice shot and thanks so much for the info.
Gorgeous capture Richard and a very nice example of a sun-dog!
Totally cool capture of this phenomenon, Richard =) and thanks for the science behind this event! Awesome work!
lovely sunset.
I like the very spectacular and beautiful sky, wonderful shot......!!!
fantastic capture
Stunning sky capture! :)
another great shot and thanks for the info Richard.
Brilliant capture Richard!
very romantic capture !!!
Gorgeous shot and sky, Richard!
A really nice capture!
Wonderful capture and view!!!
Amazing capture! Thanks for info! :)
Dramatic environment. Truly amazing!!
Exellent shot.
Gorgeous capture!!
Such an amazing sky !
Interesting information about your shot.
Beautiful!!!!!
Very, very cool photo !!(...and new knowledge for me to add to my collection of trivia! Knowledge that I'll be able to pull out at completely inopportune moments. Provided one of my trivia geek friends doesn't beat me to it...)