Post by Paulie pchris00 on Dec 10, 2009 11:45:41 GMT -6
Driving home from work this morning from Portage to Valparaiso, Indiana, I was eastbound when I saw an arc of a rainbow in front of me. Pretty faint, but definitely there. I immediately reached for my phone sitting on the passenger seat to try to get a picture, but I had to wait until I turned to get a clear shot. I was less than 3 miles from home, so after snapping a couple of pics while driving, I waited until I pulled into the driveway to try again. By then I knew what I was looking at, and had found the same thing to the southeast of the sun as well. 22 degrees. SUNDOGS!
I'd never seen them before! I jumped out of the car and went running to try to find the best view before my fingers froze (the wind chill had to have been below zero). I took a few more pics with my cell phone, and for the fisrt time was regretting that I don't own a real camera. I downloaded all of them, but of course every one of them was useless. There was too much sunlight saturating the lens. Two friends on Facebook had seen it also, and I explained what they had seen.
My question is this: how rare are sundogs, and how many members have seen them?
The attached photo was the first one while driving, and is the best of the bunch, because the streak of light in the center was where the sundog was, although the camera didn't pick up the refraction that I saw.
I'd never seen them before! I jumped out of the car and went running to try to find the best view before my fingers froze (the wind chill had to have been below zero). I took a few more pics with my cell phone, and for the fisrt time was regretting that I don't own a real camera. I downloaded all of them, but of course every one of them was useless. There was too much sunlight saturating the lens. Two friends on Facebook had seen it also, and I explained what they had seen.
My question is this: how rare are sundogs, and how many members have seen them?
The attached photo was the first one while driving, and is the best of the bunch, because the streak of light in the center was where the sundog was, although the camera didn't pick up the refraction that I saw.
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