sun dog day afternoon - 30062012 a Circumzenithal arc

h0ughy (David) · #1 30-06-2012, 06:20 PM

taken this afternoon while Al was visiting - he pointed it out

lacad01 (Adam) · #2 30-06-2012, 06:27 PM

How cool is that!

ChrisM · #3 30-06-2012, 06:31 PM

Nicely captured, but I have never seen sun dogs that shape before. The sun dogs that I've seen look to be 180 degrees apart and are the bright spots that lie at 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock on a circle surrounding the Sun. What you observed seems to be curved outwards wrt the Sun.

Chris

h0ughy (David) · #4 30-06-2012, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisM

Nicely captured, but I have never seen sun dogs that shape before. The sun dogs that I've seen look to be 180 degrees apart and are the bright spots that lie at 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock on a circle surrounding the Sun. What you observed seems to be curved outwards wrt the Sun.

Chris

Actually you are quite correct here is what it actually is - i should have looked it up in the first place its a Circumzenithal arc

have posted the image of the sundog

h0ughy (David) · #5 30-06-2012, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by lacad01

How cool is that!

thanks Adam - i have never seen one of these until today

hotspur (Chris) · #6 30-06-2012, 07:26 PM

Quite spectacular,great capture! well done getting that.

alan meehan (Alan) · #7 30-06-2012, 08:41 PM

Great pictures Dave the camera has picked these up really well ,it was hard to see clearly with the sun so close ,but there were so many just appearing right before us in such a different cloud formation as well
AL

bartman (Bart) · #8 30-06-2012, 08:52 PM

Awesome shot David!
Must have been quite speccy seeing it "live"
Bartman

h0ughy (David) · #9 30-06-2012, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by hotspur

Quite spectacular,great capture! well done getting that.

thanks Chris

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Originally Posted by alan meehan

Great pictures Dave the camera has picked these up really well ,it was hard to see clearly with the sun so close ,but there were so many just appearing right before us in such a different cloud formation as well
AL

yeah they turned out well Al

h0ughy (David) · #10 30-06-2012, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by bartman

Awesome shot David!
Must have been quite speccy seeing it "live"
Bartman

they were - but they didnt last long

Derek Klepp · #11 30-06-2012, 09:24 PM

Top pic

h0ughy (David) · #12 30-06-2012, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Derek Klepp

Top pic

thanks Derek

tornado33 · #13 30-06-2012, 10:01 PM

Great pics, I never saw any at my place
Scott

h0ughy (David) · #14 30-06-2012, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by tornado33

Great pics, I never saw any at my place
Scott

that big tree in the yard behind you would have blocked the view

Deeno · #15 30-06-2012, 11:46 PM

Wow, Nicely caught!
Would like to see one........

h0ughy (David) · #16 01-07-2012, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Deeno

Wow, Nicely caught!
Would like to see one........

but you just did

Thanks

stardust steve (Steve) · #17 01-07-2012, 10:05 AM

yeah very nicely caught. I have never seen this phenomenon before.

h0ughy (David) · #18 01-07-2012, 04:15 PM

more images

Analog6 (Odille) · #19 01-07-2012, 04:39 PM

I saw an email recently where they call this a 'fire rainbow'. Never heard it called that before but I know it is rare. Nice shots and congratulations on catching it!

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #20 01-07-2012, 04:42 PM

Spectacular David. I've never seen striations like that before.