Saturday, November 29, 2014

afternoon dogs (Toronto)

Grace saw it first, as we drove west, a bright point in the cloudy sky to the right of the Sun. She thought it a rainbow. Tony quickly glanced at it. A sun dog. "Parhelia," I said. Produced by ice crystals. I had Grace check the distance. She had never heard of the measurement trick. It was more than thumb-to-pinkie. Yep. Twenty-two degrees. Then, when northbound of the 427, petting and calming Ben, I looked over my shoulder and spotted a bright one on the left. Dual dogs. Nice.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the lesson on sun dogs. It came in handy today when Brianna was in the car with me and we saw some more. I was able to explain them to her. It was really cool!

bla said...

See page 200 in the RASC Observer's Handbook for a sketch and more information...