Jan 11, 2011: Sundog

xoxoxoBruce • Jan 11, 2011 12:26 am

APOD has this great photo by Peter Rosen, of this Sundog (parhelia) in Sweden.
They also explain how this is caused by millions of ice crystals in the air.

Very pretty.

Mr Rosen was smart, or very lucky, to be at the right place at the right time.

Gravdigr • Jan 11, 2011 3:34 am

Caught that on my MyYahoo! page...great photo.

SPUCK • Jan 11, 2011 6:59 am

It's shopped!!

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glatt • Jan 11, 2011 9:22 am

Looks like he was walking along the edge of the roof back and forth a couple of times looking for the best perspective from up there.

Trilby • Jan 11, 2011 9:42 am

why do they call it a Sundog? It's clearly a SunCAT!

footfootfoot • Jan 11, 2011 9:46 am

It is clearly shopped, but not the sundog part. Being digital, all photos have to have some degree of digital "manipulation" or interpretation to be seen. RAW capture, uncorrected, is pretty awful to look at.

This image looks like an HDR image that's had a lot of color saturation.

xoxoxoBruce • Jan 11, 2011 10:02 am

Brianna;704814 wrote:
why do they call it a Sundog? It's clearly a SunCAT!

Cat? Sweden, winter, ice crystals, snow, surely you jest. :haha:

I thought it looked HDR, too.

Adak • Jan 11, 2011 11:30 am

Yahoo posted up a pic similar to this, in California. The leading edge of a strong Pacific storm was bringing in the water vapor, and the sun was going down.

It wasn't as strong an effect as this one, but it was clearly evident.

My verdict: not shopped. Ice crystals would be a better medium for this, than water vapor.

monster • Jan 11, 2011 11:59 am

sungoat?

:bolt:

Queen of the Ryche • Jan 11, 2011 12:17 pm

..and done in nine. Thanks Monnie.
(But clearly it's a sunSHARK.)

Shawnee123 • Jan 11, 2011 12:21 pm

HEY, where have you been, Queen?

HungLikeJesus • Jan 11, 2011 2:27 pm

I saw a sundog in Kauai or Cancun (I can't remember which) last year, but didn't know what it was. It was directly overhead.

I think I took a picture.

Trilby • Jan 12, 2011 8:32 am

HungLikeJesus;704970 wrote:
I saw a sundog in Kauai or Cancun (I can't remember which) last year, but didn't know what it was. It was directly overhead.

I think I took a picture.

What - were you too drunk to recall?

HungLikeJesus • Jan 12, 2011 10:24 am

I think the aliens probed me and made me forget.

footfootfoot • Jan 12, 2011 10:31 am

Shawnee123;704892 wrote:
HEY, where have you been, Queen?

To London to be seen by a pussycat.