Sun Dog or Parhelion

A mock sun (rhs) observed looking towards Folkestone this evening.

"As the crystals sink through the air they become vertically aligned, refracting the sunlight horizontally so that sundogs are observed ... bright spots in the sky caused by the refraction of sunlight off tiny ice crystals in the atmosphere"

[Suzanne]

How cool, never heard of one to be honest, always learning on here! Lovely capture of it.

[FBailey]

@suzanne234 Thanks Suzanne, I haven't seen them very often but get quite excited when I do!!

[sally agnew]

Fave for the sundog :)))

[FBailey]

@hermann Thanks very much indeed!! So pleased it was visible but I did have to play with a lot of settings to get it.

[Michelle]

Awesome capture 😀

[KWind]

Love the tones!!

[Carole Sandford]

All sounds very technical! Not heard of a sondog either. Nice shot though.

[Bep]

Learnt something new today. Interesting shot.

[Catherine Otley]

Beautiful photo and like the interest in the foreground.

[FBailey]

@bigmxx @kwind @carole_sandford @gijsje @redandwhite Thanks very much for your interest, as always your comments are much appreciated

[Connie Little]

I like the interest in the foreground. Great capture.

[Karly]

This is a beautiful photo - love the tones and the grass stalks in the foreground.

[tony gig]

Beautiful tones and capture... Fav

[Peter H]

Well, I never knew that. Nice image.

[FBailey]

@littleconnie @365karly1 @tonygig @peadar Thanks very much indeed for commenting, I get quite excited when I spot one of these!

[John Sutton]

Nice capture and explanation 🙂

[Carol]

Very nice.

[FBailey]

@johnsutton @cmsch52 Thanks very much, I tried to take a picture of one to the lhs of the sun about an hour earlier and failed miserably so was delighted to get a second chance.

[CC Folk]

A lovely photo and fav.

[FBailey]

@gardenfolk Thanks very much!

[Ivan]

It's an interesting effect...first noticed it in a photo I took of the Thames Barrier...I thought the lens was distorting!

[Jclaireyp]

Lovely calming shot.