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<blockquote data-quote="Marilynne" data-source="post: 750631" data-attributes="member: 10234"><p><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><strong>From your link - </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #202122"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">Sun dogs typically appear as a pair of subtly colored patches of light, </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_distance" target="_blank">around 22°</a><span style="color: #202122"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> to the left and right of the Sun, and at the same </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_coordinate_system" target="_blank">altitude</a><span style="color: #202122"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> above the horizon as the Sun. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202122"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #202122"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"></span></span><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><strong>This was to the left of the sun.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #800080"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"><strong></strong></span></span>[h=3]WHAT ARE SUN HALOS?[/h]<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Lora'">You may have heard of a related phenomenon called a “sun halo.” In this case, it’s an entire circle of light 22° wide around the Sun. Similar to sundogs, sunlight is refracts through ice crystals; these hexagonal ice crystals are suspended in cirrostratus clouds. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marilynne, post: 750631, member: 10234"] [COLOR=#800080][FONT=sans-serif][FONT=comic sans ms][B]From your link - [/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#202122][FONT=sans-serif]Sun dogs typically appear as a pair of subtly colored patches of light, [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_distance"]around 22°[/URL][COLOR=#202122][FONT=sans-serif] to the left and right of the Sun, and at the same [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_coordinate_system"]altitude[/URL][COLOR=#202122][FONT=sans-serif] above the horizon as the Sun. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#800080][FONT=comic sans ms][B]This was to the left of the sun. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][h=3]WHAT ARE SUN HALOS?[/h][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Lora]You may have heard of a related phenomenon called a “sun halo.” In this case, it’s an entire circle of light 22° wide around the Sun. Similar to sundogs, sunlight is refracts through ice crystals; these hexagonal ice crystals are suspended in cirrostratus clouds. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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