Sun dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A sun dog or sundog (scientific name parhelion , plural parhelia , from "beside the sun"; also called a mock sun ) is an atmospheric phenomenon that creates bright spots of light in the sky,...
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Rainbows, Sundogs, and Glories and other optical effects; rainbows moonbows halos sundogs glories pillars fogbows noct. clouds brocken heiligen crep. rays green flash ... "Why are there so many songs about rainbows? - Kermit the Frog...
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www.wwu.edu/depts/skywise/a101_rainbows.html
www.wwu.edu/depts/skywise/a101_rainbows.html
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Optical phenomena such as rainbows, sun dogs, sun pillars and halos are made possible by the refraction of sunlight. Refraction occurs when light is bent when it passes from one medium to another. A common example is how a pencil appears to be bent... ... Light refracted by ice crystals in the atmosphere can produce sun dogs,
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www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/graphics/2008-10-15-...
www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/graphics/2008-10-15-atmospheric-optics-sun-dogs-pillars-halos-rainbows_N.htm
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Rainbows, Mirages, and Sundogs (Hardcover) ... here Gallant stays close to home, surveying the special effects visible in our own atmosphere and slightly beyond: rainbows (single, double, and circular), mirages; auroras; zodiacal lights; eclipses; and less common phenomena (ever heard of Gegenschein?
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www.amazon.com/Rainbows-Mirages-Sundogs-Roy-Gallant/dp/...
www.amazon.com/Rainbows-Mirages-Sundogs-Roy-Gallant/dp/0027370100
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Sun Dogs vs Rainbows ... While some are as bright and colorful as rainbows, a sun dog is not a type of rainbow. Similar to rainbows, however, sun dogs also represent a prism effect. ... The Science Behind Sundogs...
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weather.thefuntimesguide.com/2009/11/sun_dog.php
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and arcs of light as rainbows, halos, and sundogs. How do they happen? When light passes from air into water, or from air into ice, it bends slightly and separates into seven colors. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
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www.wkrg.com/weather/article_education/rainbows_halos_a...
www.wkrg.com/weather/article_education/rainbows_halos_and_sundogs/4095/
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When the crystals line up like tiles on a table, the light shining through makes sundogs. The horizontal crystals bend the light 22 degrees, say Lynch and Livingston, as the light enters and exits the crystal. Light colors fan out from the bending and display as a sundog.
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www.wonderquest.com/Sundogs.htm
www.wonderquest.com/Sundogs.htm
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Explains the physics of why they occur, with a diagram. ... Sundogs form as sunlight is refracted by hexagonal plate-like ice crystals with diameters larger than 30 micrometers and their flat faces horizontally oriented.
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ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/ice/sd.rxml
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Rainbows, sunsets and halos; a spectacular display of colors and visuals in the sky called "atmospheric optics". As sunlight (or moonlight) enters the atmosphere, ... Ice Crystals; Optical effects resulting from the interaction of light with ice crystals. These effects include: sundogs, sun pillars and halos.
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