Rare sun/ice halo in Sweden

[packman]

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[2naSalit]

1. I've seen that

in Montana and near Montreal before, very unusual, has to be brutally cold for that to take place.

[lunatica]

2. Nothing beats Nature

I have had breathtaking awe witnessing something Nature does. Nothing beats it even though we try hard to outdo Nature.

But our ability to capture those fleeting moments in photography is pretty damn good!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. I've seen this in North Dakota. I was told these were called "sun dogs."

The one I saw wasn't anywhere near this dramatic.

Sun dog



Very bright sun dogs in Fargo, North Dakota. Also visible are parts of the 22° halo (the arcs passing through each sundog), a sun pillar (the vertical line) and the parhelic circle (the horizontal line).

A sun dog (or sundog) or mock sun, formally called a parhelion (plural parhelia) in meteorology, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to the left and/or right of the Sun. Two sun dogs often flank the Sun within a 22° halo.

The sun dog is a member of the family of halos, caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere. Sun dogs typically appear as a pair of subtly colored patches of light, around 22° to the left and right of the Sun, and at the same altitude above the horizon as the Sun. They can be seen anywhere in the world during any season, but are not always obvious or bright. Sun dogs are best seen and most conspicuous when the Sun is near the horizon.

The phenomenon got picked up here too:

Sweet sundog!

Link to tweet

[raven mad]

4. We see them here occasionally when it gets cold.

But it's 10 above. Sigh. I'll wait a bit! We call them sundogs!

[Trailrider1951]

5. Beautiful! it reminds me of the Celtic Cross