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Sundog

Late afternoon looking out the kitchen window I spotted this faint sundog in the cloudy sky, it stayed there for about half an hour.
This is only the second sundog I have been lucky enough to capture, as most times when I have seen one I haven't had a camera with me.

Another name for a sundog is a parhelion. Ice crystals have to be at the correct angle with the sun.
When the light hits the ice crystals, it is refracted as it passes through, similar to a rain drop in a rainbow.
Depending on the size, shape, and orientation of the crystals, sundogs can have long tails, or rainbow-like effects.



Canon EOS Rebel T3i ,Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM Macro
1/100 f/11 at 73.0mm iso100

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Lieve Snellings27-Mar-2014 15:04
Beautiful Barbara ! V
Lucky for us this time you had your camera with you...
Karen Stuebing26-Mar-2014 20:43
These are so cool and so rare. Fantastic capture of the colors. V.
Nestor Derkach26-Mar-2014 17:14
Your patience surely paid off Barbara, both images are wonderful.
My first sighting is your photograph.
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Tom LeRoy26-Mar-2014 16:58
Ana amazing sight, such a fine capture! V
Irene Wehrli26-Mar-2014 10:09
Looks very interesting and beautiful Barbara!
Irene
Yvonne26-Mar-2014 10:03
Beautiful sky Barbara! v
Zeeby26-Mar-2014 09:55
Marvelous capture! V
Colin Storey26-Mar-2014 09:32
Fantastic image of this event. v
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal26-Mar-2014 07:12
Fantastic shot Barbara, well done!! V
joseantonio26-Mar-2014 05:03
Great capture. Had never seen one.V.
hge5426-Mar-2014 02:27
Nice job. I had to look that one up. We don't have enough sun to have sun dogs. V
Neil Marcus26-Mar-2014 01:17
Good catch. I never saw one or I wasn't aware of what it was...or is.
Coleen Perilloux Landry26-Mar-2014 00:18
I have seen more sundogs this year than ever. Wonder why?
Stephanie25-Mar-2014 23:40
Fabulous capture Barbara! BV
Hank Vander Velde25-Mar-2014 23:34
Excellent capture Barbara.
woody3425-Mar-2014 23:14
Wonderful pearlescent quality to the sky in this great capture from the kitchen.Glad your camera was a the ready this time.V
Jim Coffman25-Mar-2014 23:12
Well seen and captured,Barbara!
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