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Today Sarah and I went to see Sunny the dog and her owners, who just got back from a boat cruise around Hawaii. No, Sunny did not go :lol: Her owners were celebrating their 50th anniversary. That's amazing; these two have been together since I was 3 years old!
Sunny was thrilled to see me; I thought she was gonna go through the door when we came into the back. Liz let her out and it was like an explosion of happy fur into my arms. After my face was thoroughly washed, she went to see Sarah, who got the same treatment.
We got there at a bit after 9AM, and when the walk and play time were finished it was just after 11. Sarah and I both had cold feet; the temps have gone from below freezing to 50F (10C) overnight. Problem with that is, when in a park playing with and chasing a dog, the snow is soft enough so your feet sink in it, yet still cold enough to freeze them :lol:

After taking Sunny home, we were leaving, and I went to make sure the back gate was closed from when we left for the park. I looked up out of habit, and saw a bright glow about 20* to the left of the Sun, which was almost exactly south. I'm guessing it's an effect from the clouds, moisture in the air, etc. Also, lake Ontario is in that same direction about 30 miles (50Km's) from where we were. Might have something to do with it?

You can see where the Sun is in the trees in the first picture. Or it's Tatooine... :lol:
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Anyhoo, Sarah and I both thought it was pretty cool; not something you see every day. And 5 minutes later, it was gone, as well as most of the wispy clouds.

Needless to say, my forecast for the next four days? Yeah, don't go there... :lol:


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That my friend is called a sundog. That's interesting since you were just playing with a dog.

Sunlight refracted through water causes all kinds of cool stuff. If I remember correctly sundogs are the same number of degrees away from the sun that the rainbow is away from the anti-solar point.

Reference this site for all kinds of cool atmospheric phenomena:. http://www.atoptics.co.uk/

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Nice catch! Lucky you! I used to rarely see similar phenomena near Lake Michigan.
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JayTee wrote: Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:04 am That my friend is called a sundog. That's interesting since you were just playing with a dog.

Sunlight refracted through water causes all kinds of cool stuff. If I remember correctly sundogs are the same number of degrees away from the sun that the rainbow is away from the anti-solar point.

Reference this site for all kinds of cool atmospheric phenomena:. http://www.atoptics.co.uk/

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Thanks JT :D I kind of thought it was a sundog, but this is probably the third time I've seen anything like this in my life, so I didn't want to jump to conclusions. Thanks for the link too; again I had no idea about all this...

Well, that's a neat trick. Walk a dog named Sunny and see a sundog :lol:

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notFritzArgelander wrote: Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:05 am Nice catch! Lucky you! I used to rarely see similar phenomena near Lake Michigan.
Thanks nFA; didn't expect to see that at all and considering the time it lasted, I feel rather lucky I did. 'Sunny' days... :lol:

Well, the Sun(s) set on me, so here's a close up of the first picture before I go saw some logs. And I just heard the rain start. my luck!
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Sunny the Dog and sundogs! Quite fitting! :lol:

There was likely another on the opposite side of the Sun. They come in pairs, like Sith lords...:D

I see our sky is looking about the same...
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That's sooo cool!
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Pretty neat. I’ve seen them too. They really look odd.

Thanks for the photo!

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Neat! I don't believe I ever seen one. Sunny the dog, and sundog - what are the odds? :D
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Thefatkitty wrote: Mon Dec 09, 2019 3:53 am Today Sarah and I went to see Sunny the dog and her owners ... . I looked up out of habit, and saw a bright glow about 20* to the left of the Sun ...
As noted, "Sun dogs." You can find quite a bit online, of course. This is from Sky & Tel: https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astrono ... that-name/

They are in the same class as the halo around the Moon.

I don't know about not being able to see them near Lake Michigan (see #3 above from Friz who called them "rare.") I grew up in Cleveland and never questioned them. I learned the name from an astronomer when I was working at White Sands.
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Nice Sundog an a dog named Sunny, Rather funny.
Thanks for sharing this nice phenomenon.
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I saw the halo around Moon last night. Not a sundog, but still something. :)
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Bigzmey wrote: Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:59 pm I saw the halo around Moon last night. Not a sundog, but still something. :)
Lunar Bunghole...:D
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