Sun Dogs

[Number_35]

The photo in the linked Wiki article is better than mine, but in person these sun dogs are quite beautiful. The experience is marred a bit, though, by the knowledge that you usually see sun dogs only when it's brutally cold.

Anyway, spotted these when leaving the Y a few days ago:

Photos were taken around 4:38 p.m. A few weeks earlier, and the sun would have already set 10 minutes before.

Today it's not setting until 5:05 p.m. - we're gaining over 2-1/2 minutes of daylight per day now! We've just passed through the statistically coldest stretch of the winter (based on long-term averages), January 15 - 18. The temperature lags the sun by about four weeks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog

 

[HankHill]

Huh, neat! Must be amazing in person..

 

[Kira]

Man, you rang a faint bell. Thanks.

 

[Jetronic]

Reminds me of that stephen king story...

but as evidenced, sunny weather in winter is awesome but too cold to enjoy for long!

 

[Astro14]

Sun dogs are exactly 22 degrees from the sun, due to the refraction angle of the ice crystals in the upper atmosphere that cause them.

I’ve seen them skiing, flying, and of course, living on the prairie in Winnipeg (where it gets pretty cold).

 

[Number_35]

Sun dogs are exactly 22 degrees from the sun, due to the refraction angle of the ice crystals in the upper atmosphere that cause them.

I’ve seen them skiing, flying, and of course, living on the prairie in Winnipeg (where it gets pretty cold).

They're probably spectacular when seen from an aircraft!

 

[Number_35]

Reminds me of that stephen king story...

but as evidenced, sunny weather in winter is awesome but too cold to enjoy for long!

Which King story? Have read a few, but far from all.

 

[Jetronic]

sun dog IIRC

About a polaroid camera that always takes the same picture, except it's not quite the same...

 

[Silver]

We all know that's some sort of supernatural ghost UFO flying quasar from another dimension thing.

 

[vavavroom]

I see sundogs often in the afternoon . Usually I see one, sometimes two parhelia, on occasion in combination with a halo around the sun.

 

[vavavroom]

Sun dogs are exactly 22 degrees from the sun, due to the refraction angle of the ice crystals in the upper atmosphere that cause them.

I’ve seen them skiing, flying, and of course, living on the prairie in Winnipeg (where it gets pretty cold).

As a pilot you have probably even see the Brocken spectre of your plane when flying above the clouds. I've see the Brocken spectre of myself when skiing above the clouds. It's a very strange phenomenon.

 

[Astro14]

As a pilot you have probably even see the Brocken spectre of your plane when flying above the clouds. I've see the Brocken spectre of myself when skiing above the clouds. It's a very strange phenomenon.

I had to Google that…and Yes! Sure have.

Never knew the name of that…

 

[Number_35]

A few more shots -

January 25th, around 0900

February 18th, around 0930

 

[Number_35]

One more solar canine - taken last Sunday c. 0830:

 

[Number_35]

sun dog IIRC

About a polaroid camera that always takes the same picture, except it's not quite the same...

Thanks, will try to find it.