So turns out all that snow out there was just being blown by the wind. The blizzard is supposed to start tonight and last until tomorrow night. However, it did clear off for awhile to reveal a particularly beautiful phenonoman -- a Sundog. Also known as parhelion, "beside the sun."
It's a reflection of sunlight on ice crystals -- especially when the snow is blowing on a sunny day. This is the view from my house. It is hard to photograph it well, but you can see there are three sources of light coming from the trees. Here are the three up close:
The middle one is the real sun.
Oh it was so beautiful! It looked like rainbows on either side of the sun. It was really hard to get it all in the frame -- not to mention it is freezing outside! That last one is taken through the window. Just Google it for other people's photos -- sundogs are amazing!
It's a reflection of sunlight on ice crystals -- especially when the snow is blowing on a sunny day. This is the view from my house. It is hard to photograph it well, but you can see there are three sources of light coming from the trees. Here are the three up close:
The middle one is the real sun. Oh it was so beautiful! It looked like rainbows on either side of the sun. It was really hard to get it all in the frame -- not to mention it is freezing outside! That last one is taken through the window. Just Google it for other people's photos -- sundogs are amazing!
1 comment:
oh so cool!
for some reason this makes me want to go stargazing. can we please when we're home in hawaii?
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