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Sundogs
mock suns or parhelia
Sundogs, also known as mock suns or
"parhelia", are a
pair of brightly colored spots, one on either side of the sun.
Photograph by:
Rauber |
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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