Sun dog?

[tameblackbirds]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

This is an excellent site that describes all sort of atmospheric optical phenomena, including sundogs/parhelia:

Atmospheric Optics

There's a particularly nice example here:

Sundogs, Sun Dogs, Parhelia, Mock Suns

Jim

thats a very interesting sight jim have learnt my first something new for this year how sun dogs are formed have seen moon dogs but never knew what they were until today

[colincurry]

I snapped this yesterday afternoon in our garden in the cold looking for birds either in the garden or flying over.

It is subtle and beuatiful - and aptly describes the average WABber



Colin

[Tursiops2]

I once saw a triple sundog; appropriately enough, in the sky over a Green Gathering at the Glastonbury festival site in Somerset, summer of '84 or '85. A beautiful sight.
T2

[mezouk]

I once had the good fortune to see a 'moonbow' some years ago. It was Late autumn and dark at about 7.30pm. near Barnard Castle. With a bit of overcast, a light rain and a bright moon I suppose conditions were ideal. No camera unfortunately but once seen never forgotten. The bow was quite pronounced and, of course, a pale silver against the black sky. In an urban environment with much random light at night the chances of a viewing are remote. There are websites showing this phenomonen

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by mezouk

There are websites showing this phenomonen

The site I posted above describes and illustrates moonbows/cloudbows/fogbows etc..

Jim

[nytecam]

Sun-dogs seem common in winter - probably more cirrus cloud then and folk are about around dawn/dusk [going to/from work] when the sun is at the right altitude in the sky for sun-dogs and halos to form

[Jez]

Naomi spotted our first Sun Dog due West on a bright sunny day at about 3.30pm yesterday afternoon!