Cool sun dogs out today. Definition below:
"Sun dogs form when ice crystals act as a prism, according to the excellent text Meteorology Today. Ice crystals sometimes take on flat, hexagonal shapes, looking like microscopic stop signs.
The six-sided, platelike ice crystals sometimes fall with their flat surfaces parallel to the earth. Sundogs become visible if the crystals fall when the sun is low on the horizon (not an unusual phenomenon in the Alaska winter) and both the viewer and ice crystals are on the same horizontal plane as the sun." -Ned Rozell
walking with pella on the slough as veiwed from inside my warm furlined hood on my jacket.
-Dea
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