today's sundog

Great pics sky, xxoo.

That looks really cool, I can't recall the last time I've seen one.

It's no wonder the sun is being reflected in other parts of the sky with all those chemtrails!

yeah skywatcher..the first one i ever saw was after the sky had been obliterated with chemtrails.
.at that time i didn't realize what was going on till i did a little research..
and while they are saying ice crystals make the refraction..we know it is probably the barium and other crap
from the chem trails causing it


http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/ice/sd.rxml
Sundogs
mock suns or parhelia
Sundogs, also known as mock suns or "parhelia", are a pair of brightly colored spots, one on either side of the sun.

Sundogs form as sunlight is refracted by hexagonal plate-like ice crystals with diameters larger than 30 micrometers and their flat faces horizontally oriented.

Sundogs are visible when the sun is near the horizon and on the same horizontal plane as the observer and the ice crystals. As sunlight passes through the ice crystals, it is bent by 22 degrees before reaching our eyes, much like what happens with 22 degree halos. This bending of light results in the formation of a sundog.



The difference between sundogs and halos is the preferential orientation of the ice crystals through which the light passes before reaching our eyes. If the hexagonal crystals are oriented with their flat faces horizontal, a sundog is observed. If the hexagonal crystals are randomly oriented, a halo is observed.
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http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/elements/sundog.htm
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http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/parhelia.htm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog