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)
Celart
Great capture. Nice shot and info. Today I have learned something new. I'm happy about this. Thank you. Well done
stnaper
Great shot here Richard!
jayfar
A lovely shot and great info Richard.
clbsmiley
Excellent, and great info!! :)
magnus073
Fantastic capture of this Oklahoma Sundog, and thanks for the explanation Richard
VDH
Excellent!!
Faemike55
Very cool shot interesting explanation
JohnDelaquiox
This is fantastic and very clean, no trees or anything but sky
tommorules
Very lovely! Thanks for the info; new to me!
bakapo
that's so cool. nice shot and thanks so much for the info.
SidheRoseGraphics
Gorgeous capture Richard and a very nice example of a sun-dog!
TheOwl68
Totally cool capture of this phenomenon, Richard =) and thanks for the science behind this event! Awesome work!
eekdog
lovely sunset.
RodolfoCiminelli
I like the very spectacular and beautiful sky, wonderful shot......!!!
flavia49
fantastic capture
kbrog
Stunning sky capture! :)
Minda
another great shot and thanks for the info Richard.
UteBigSmile
Brilliant capture Richard!
claude19
very romantic capture !!!
drifterlee
Gorgeous shot and sky, Richard!
Flint_Hawk
A really nice capture!
carlx
Wonderful capture and view!!!
emmecielle
Amazing capture! Thanks for info! :)
nitegrafix
Dramatic environment. Truly amazing!!
farmerC
Exellent shot.
brycek
Gorgeous capture!!
moochagoo
Such an amazing sky !
Tholian
Interesting information about your shot.
zaigodou
Beautiful!!!!!
twelvemark21
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...)