Have you ever seen rainbows on both sides of the sun on a bright sunny day with no rain clouds anywhere to be found? This cool phenomenon is called a sun dog. The scientfic name is parhelion and they are caused by ice crystals in the air.
According to Wikipedia, sun dogs are also called a mock sun or a phantom sun. Sun dogs are a pretty cool weather phenomenon. We snapped a couple pictures of our sun dog the other day while walking our dogs, Marty and Cooper. The second picture below I took through the lens of my polarized sunglasses to give a little different view of nature.
Mrs Happy took another picture of these cool sunshine rainbows last year.
Click either image for a full size view.
Also, check out this picture of a full rainbow panorama view using the Photosynth iPhone app.
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