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)
artistheat
Very Beautiful Capture
Bampster
Very interesting image and info!!!!!
cricke49
awesome capture richard and thanx for the narration of the 'sundogs'! haven't seen them for years! great shot!:)*5
npauling
A wonderful capture and the clouds are pretty too.
Razor42
Cool image and info!
mapps
excellent :-)
DennisReed
Awesome Richard!
bazza
Excellent capture and interesting info on Sundogs..
dakotabluemoon
A very pretty capture here.
ontar1
Thanks for the information that is fascinating, beautiful sky, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!
bebert
SPLENDID !!
Rainastorm
Wow I do not think Ive even heard of this...its incredible! I cant say I have never seen one, since I didnt know about the name so thank you I will have to keep my eyes open wider!
tigertim
Cool photo.. interesting info too.. learnt something today!
angelafair
Beautiful shot! I see this a lot here in my area of N.C. Thanks for sharing this gorgeous image!
Osper
Neat catch!!!!!
Desgar
Came here after seeing Faemike's sundog photo. Great shot and explanation! I think I saw something like a sundog here in Chicago sometime last year. At any rate, it's something I need to be on the lookout for now! :)
Livarts
Wonderful capture---so many people do not know what they are. Thank you for explaining. Again, Beautiful Light!