Photos: North Escambia Treated To Sun Dog Phenomenon

October 21, 2009

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Residents across North Escambia were treated to a weather phenomenon  call “sun dogs” about 3:00 Wednesday afternoon.

Sun dogs are atmospheric phenomenon  that creates bright spots, like mini-suns, in the sky. They are caused by ice crystals in high and cold cirrus clouds. They can appear anywhere in the world during any season. They always appear at the same altitude as the sun.

Pictured above: Sun dogs around the sun Wednesday afternoon. (Note: The bright spots to the left and right of the sun were much brighter, but our skills photographing the afternoon sun are weak.) Pictured below: Another sun dog appeared in the eastern sky, directly opposite the sun. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

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Comments

12 Responses to “Photos: North Escambia Treated To Sun Dog Phenomenon”

  1. whitepunknotondope on October 23rd, 2009 12:54 pm

    Happy to cause a chuckle.

  2. William on October 23rd, 2009 12:39 pm

    whitepunknotondope — It’s green! It’s alive! It was 60 feet tall!

    It’s part of a tree.

    (This is not Gulf Breeze; it’s North Escambia.)

    But your comment was funny!

  3. whitepunknotondope on October 23rd, 2009 12:37 pm

    What’s that dark, saucer-shaped object at the bottom right of the second photo?!!!

    Call MUFON!

  4. Note on October 23rd, 2009 10:26 am

    Amazingly beautiful!! Thanks, William.

  5. jack on October 23rd, 2009 9:17 am

    Thanks for this picture and letting me know what they are. I saw a sun dog yesterday morning . I was wondering what it was. Yes it is wonderful ! Lets all keep looking up we may see more.

  6. Bogian 3 on October 23rd, 2009 8:19 am

    How cool is that?! You bring some of the neatest things to our attention! Thanks Will-I-Am!

  7. c.spence on October 22nd, 2009 7:06 am

    I love this. Wish we had seen it, but the pictures are great. Thank you, William.

  8. observer on October 22nd, 2009 4:20 am

    It’s great to see something so beautiful in our area. Just the other day you had the eagles and now this . Thank-you SO MUCH for sharing !!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. random on October 22nd, 2009 3:07 am

    GREAT PHOTOS

  10. Loyal Reader on October 21st, 2009 7:45 pm

    Thanks for sharing
    What can anyone say other than God has spectacular work….. Hopefully the county’s students read articles like these and say I remember studying about that in our science class. In addition to the article the pictures will help them be able to relate and therefore remember what was taught to them.

  11. DDD on October 21st, 2009 4:24 pm

    Wow! It’s beautiful. :) Thanks for sharing.

  12. Molino Mom on October 21st, 2009 3:43 pm

    I saw this too. Can still see it just a little bit right now.

    I appreciate your running photos and stories like this. Another reason why I love northescambia.com!

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