Sun Dogs (pics)

[Ender Of Days]

On last Thursday I went on the coach to Whitby for the day,but within moments of us setting off I saw one of the best Sun Dog displays Ive seen in quite a while,

Sadly the coach had tinted windows which fooled the camera's focusing more often that not,but I got several pics,

When I could see the right Dog the left one wasn't visible and vica versa,but there was an inverted bow as well as a faint complete ring,

JJ..

[Ant]

Lovely

I have never seen sundogs quite that good!

The tinted windows may have helped though, I always find that sundogs are much more defined when i wear sun glasses.

Not sure if you've seen this before - Atmospheric Optics - great site for explaining stuff like this.

Cheers

Ant

[Psychobilly]

Nice selection of Atmospheric Phenomena well captured... Ant beat me to it with the link to the Atmospheric Optics site a great resource...

Peter...

[Ender Of Days]

There was also a brief one on the way back home but only on the Left and not for too long,

Ive seen them before quite a few times but this was the best,

JJ..

[JimStan]

I've posted this before, but since this thread is right on the subject, I figured I would toss it in here, again. This was taken with a little half-frame ( 16mm vertical format ) camera, many years ago, and the slide has been laying around for a loooong time , sorry about the dust, and scratches.

[toml42]

Very nice!

I took this one yesterday on my mobile phone camera

[JimStan]

Ender: I believe that your last photo might more accurately be called a Parry arc. You can read about them, here:

Parry Arcs

They are seen above the sun, rather than to either side of it. All related to atmospheric phenomena, and fascinating to see and photograph !