The Sun Dog

Have you ever looked up in the sky and noticed colored spots on either one or both sides of the sun? Bright spots that looked like tiny rainbows? If so, you probably saw a sun dog, also known as mock ...

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Sky61 caught this Sun Dog at Fisher Meadows Park in Avon this morning at sunrise. A Sun Dog is a meteorological phenomenon caused by sunlight being refracted.

Wednesday morning was another cold day with temperatures below zero. There are many times when it gets this cold and there are some cirrus clouds in the area we get a chance to see sun dogs either ...

Sun dogs, with a scientific name of perhelion, are either of two colored luminous spots that appear at roughly 22 degrees on both sides of the sun at the same elevation, according to the National ...

WGME on MSN: Climate chronicles: The science behind sun dogs and sun halos

The Journal Times: Defining the 'sun dog' and how they appear in the sky, even at night

A reader has asked for an explanation of sun dogs and how we can get them across the world. So, we'll do just that. The formal term for a sun dog is parhelion. However, there are other informal terms ...

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Defining the 'sun dog' and how they appear in the sky, even at night

13abc: Moment of Science: “Sun dogs” are possible on other planets, new study suggests

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Moment of Science: “Sun dogs” are possible on other planets, new study suggests

The Conversation: Sun dogs, rainbows and glories are celestial wonders – and they may appear in alien skies too