The scientific name is a "parhelion".
It's when there are bright spots in rings (formed by ice crystals) around the Sun in the sky. It's not seen too often, but usually it's seen best just before sunset.
Sometimes it's called a "mock Sun" and I think that gives a better idea of what the phenomenon looks like.
Sundog Solar was created in 2006.
The population of Sundog Solar is 7.
A sundog around the moon, also known as a lunar halo, is formed when light is refracted and reflected in ice crystals in the atmosphere. The ice crystals act like tiny prisms, bending the light and creating a ring of light around the moon. Sundogs are most commonly seen when the sky is filled with high, thin clouds made of ice crystals.
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In a hospital at Colorado.
The sundog prairie
I believe it is from ice crystals at very high altitudes.
Goldfield Hotel 310 S. Sundog Goldfield, NV 89013
a Sundog is crystal that show when the sun is close to the horizon
There is no formal or widely used term "sky dog" that pertains to weather phenomena; however, "sundog" is a legitimate weather word. It refers to a "false sun" or bright spot of light beside the sun that can occur during some weather conditions. There may also be two sundogs, one on either side of the sun, as well as a bright "halo" that connects all three. A sundog is formed by refracted light from ice crystals from very high or very cold cirrus clouds. There are several theories about the origin of the word "sundog". The simplest guess is that the phenomenon is called this because it "dogs" or follows the sun. Some suggest that it was derived from "dag," the Norse word for mist. Others say that sundog is based on a Norse constellation, depicting two wolves following the sun, one on each side.
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