Sun Dog - lights in the sky

[ddd999]

"On a Friday, we saw three suns in the sky for a good long time, about an hour... Even though the other two suns were not as bright as the one, they were clearly visible. I feel this was no small miracle..." These were the words Jacob Hutter employed to describe a sun dog in the sky in the 16th century. The phenomenon had been described by men for a long time. "What the facts are in regard to that second sun that has been reported to the Senate?" - asked Marco Tulio Cicerón at the city of Rome in 129 BC."

"The morning April 20th 1535, the skies over Moravia were also filled with white circles and arcs crossing the sky, while additional suns appeared around the sun. The phenomenon quickly resulted in rumours of an omen of God's forthcoming revenge on King for having introduced Protestantism in the country."

A Sun Dog or sundog ( Parhelion) is an atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with the refraction of sunlight by small ice crystals that make up cirrus or cirrostratus clouds.

It sure looks cool

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[TClaeys]

The atmosphere can produce weird phenomenon for sure, but I have never seen sundogs that I would mistake for another sun. They always have had the iridescent rainbow effect. Some brighter, some not so bright, sometimes only one side is visible due to other obstructions. I'm guessing we may have descriptions of dual rainbows flanking the sun as this is what I have typically seen.

I have also seen some interesting phenomenon concerning the moon. A cold front had moved in during a full moon, and the effect was a brilliant vast circle of white that contained the moon like a compass had been used to draw a circle around it. That was really cool.

 

[ddd999]

I have also seen some interesting phenomenon concerning the moon. A cold front had moved in during a full moon, and the effect was a brilliant vast circle of white that contained the moon like a compass had been used to draw a circle around it. That was really cool.

Interesting stuff, sounds cool... would love to see that.


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