Caught a 'sun dog' today

[Richard McMellon]

Always a sucker for a light show


Sun Dog by Richard McMellon, on Flickr


parhelion by Richard McMellon, on Flickr


parhelion by Richard McMellon, on Flickr


parhelion by Richard McMellon, on Flickr

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Wonderful, Richard! Well captured.

 

[Pete Askew]

Excellent stuff. Love the last one.

 

[Brian Moore]

Fantastic, Richard! Such is my celestial naiveté, I'd never heard of a Sun Dog nor did I know what a parhelion was. Thanks for posting!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Ooo that's a bit clever Richard - I'd have said Aliens!

 

[Ahmad Bhai]

Richard i had to google Sun Dog. These would be a fine Prog Rock Funk Fusion album cover i think, Funkaldelic meets Yes in SunDawg.

 

[Andrew Cotterill]

That's incredible stuff, (although i did just have to look on wiki to see what one was)

 

[Richard McMellon]

Seems I have provided a little education at the same time. Parhelion can occur at any time of year, but I am sure they seem to be more frequent in the winter.
Now you know what they are keep your eyes open (o-o)