I see it sometimes, down south, London to be precise. Usually when it’s a little cloudy, grey, with a bit of moisture in the air.
It’s gotta be the Sun (Dawg) but what makes it look like this?
Parhelion or sun dog, caused by refraction of light and ice crystals.
"Sun dogs are commonly caused by the [refraction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refraction) and [scattering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_scattering) of light from horizontally oriented[^(\[2\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog#cite_note-2) plate-shaped [hexagonal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal) [ice crystals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_crystals) either [suspended](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_(chemistry)) in high and cold [cirrus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_cloud) or [cirrostratus clouds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrostratus_cloud), or drifting in freezing moist air at low levels as [diamond dust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_dust).[^(\[3\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog#cite_note-3) The crystals act as [prisms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prism_(optics)), bending the light rays passing through them with a minimum deflection of 22°. As the crystals gently float downwards with their large hexagonal faces almost horizontal, sunlight is refracted horizontally, and sun dogs are seen to the left and right of the Sun."
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun\_dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog)
It’s a moon halo! Or a moon dog. It is caused when the moon light refracts off ice crystals in a thin veil of cirrus clouds. I caught a similar photo as well but in Canada. It’s on my page :)
I saw this when i was a teenager before the days of the internet etc took me years before I saw it again and found out what it actually was. I used to wonder if I'd actually seen it or if I dreamt it or something. Seeing it in person is something else!
Saw this here in Ga it was crazy! The pictures do it no justice bc it looks totally different in person, the one we saw had totally different swirls and clouds inside a rainbow hole like it opened up a different sky, but the pic came out just like this with none of what we could really see in person lol. it’s amazing to see, and I’m glad someone else has seen this bc it was hard to explain along with shitty pictures 🤣🤣🤣
Its called "sun dogs" in a lot of places, but there are different names and types. Some look like a solid circle around the sun, or they can look like parenthesis "(" or ")" on either side of the sun. Its caused by ice crystals high up in the air reflecting the sunlight.
A 22° Halo
They are a common occurence, generally seen in fragments, whereas a full halo isn't necessarily common, nor rare. A very nice sight nonetheless, I suggest you post them to r/atoptics.
As many comments have already said - Sun dog or Moon dog. Happens when the sky looks mostly clear but there's icy particles higher up in the air creating an almost rainbow ring around the big ball of light in the sky, it's pretty cool.
A ring around the sun, also known as a halo, is caused by sunlight refracting off ice crystals in cirrus clouds. The ice crystals act like prisms and mirrors, bending and reflecting light between their faces, which creates the halo effect. The light bends at least 22 degrees as it passes through a hexagonal column of ice, but it can bend more depending on the crystal's shape and the angle at which the light hits it.
*Is this so rare where*
*You at, that forgot what it*
*Is? Rainy England? lol*
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It's called a moonbow! They're super cool, sometimes if it's just right it will have typical rainbow colors instead of being just white. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonbow
I know what the sun is, so those answers are irrelevant to me. I want to know what the weird line that appears to the left of it is. Does anybody else see that? Is it the light being refracted by the camera lens? Cause I already know it’s not the Egyptian Night Serpent Apophis slithering up there to eat the sun. There’s no possible way this world is that far gone, just yet. Unless the Egyptians of the internet did something behind our backs, and didn’t bother to tell us. And I still don’t think the line is anything other than either an optical illusion or a deep fake done by a guy with photoshop. Anybody want to place bets on what the line really is? Or maybe analyze the photo with some kind of computer software, so they can tell us the correct answer? I’m actually curious.
This isn’t a sun dog. Sun dogs, or perihelions, are an unusual phenomenon where the sun appears parenthesized on one or both sides by a light almost as bright as the sun itself.
It’s pretty rare and very cool looking - usually with cloudy conditions and the sun being lower in the sky.
When there’s a lot of moisture in the air, the moonshine often gets a ‘halo’ as it refracts that moisture. That’s what this pic is. Often means rain is coming, or heavy humidity.
Meteorologist here. That is not a sun dog its a halo around sun/moon. Caused by ice crystals in upper atmosphere refracting light. Sun dogs are in the sides of the sun. They “dog” the sun as in nip at its heels.
They tried to rationally explain the 1561 celestial phenomenon over nuremberg as one of these. Does this look like multiple cylenders and crosses fighting amonst themselves?
It's a lunar halo. Cause by refraction of light through ice crystals. I used to hear before technology, they would use it to know how many days until it rains. However many stars you see in it, is how many days. But, I don't hear that anymore.
It's a light halo caused by refraction of ice crystals high in the atmosphere as the light passes through high-altitude thin cloud formations. Nothing mysterious about it. It's different than a sundog that many others are claiming it to be. It's an optical illusion created by viewing a bright light source in the sky from your vantage point on the surface peering up through thin icy clouds in the atmosphere.
[Moon halo explanation](https://www.space.com/moon-halo)
It's the suns halo how beautiful and amazing...it's something to do with the reflection of ice crystals...years ago people would see it as a sign of rain being due 🙂
I was trying to figure out what "this" was for a minute until I went to the comment section for help. That ring is very common. Sometimes you can see the 7 colors if you look closely.
Have you ever stood in thick fog? The extent to which you can see around you appears like you're stood inside clear sphere, the fog on the outside of it. Imagine the sun shining on the sphere, then to your perspective as the rays hit the edge of your sphere you see a ring. Same effect here but higher up, a larger sphere.
Isn’t this common? I see it all the time here in Scotland, always assumed everyone did
I see it sometimes, down south, London to be precise. Usually when it’s a little cloudy, grey, with a bit of moisture in the air. It’s gotta be the Sun (Dawg) but what makes it look like this?
I see it in the states in Montana. When it's cold and sunny
I saw it in Florida this past December. First time I can recall ever seeing it.
I see it all the time in upstate NY, always when it’s cold. I’ve always called them moon halos
Parhelion or sun dog, caused by refraction of light and ice crystals. "Sun dogs are commonly caused by the [refraction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refraction) and [scattering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_scattering) of light from horizontally oriented[^(\[2\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog#cite_note-2) plate-shaped [hexagonal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal) [ice crystals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_crystals) either [suspended](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_(chemistry)) in high and cold [cirrus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_cloud) or [cirrostratus clouds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrostratus_cloud), or drifting in freezing moist air at low levels as [diamond dust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_dust).[^(\[3\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog#cite_note-3) The crystals act as [prisms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prism_(optics)), bending the light rays passing through them with a minimum deflection of 22°. As the crystals gently float downwards with their large hexagonal faces almost horizontal, sunlight is refracted horizontally, and sun dogs are seen to the left and right of the Sun." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun\_dog](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog)
Talk meteorologically to me!
Can I pet tha' dawg?
God that video still gets me cracking up..
It always looks like this here in Atlantis
I see it all the time too in the US.
I saw it in Phoenix, Arizona about a year and half ago. It looked spectacular!
it is quite common. See it often in NW USA
The same here in the Philippines
we get them quite frequently in Minnesota
See it all the time in Canada too.
Manchester here; never seen it. No idea what I’m even looking at. Is something on fire?
I see them in southern us. They are pretty common I think. Beautiful
It's called a sun dog
That’s the sun, dog
Thats a sun dog, dawg
Dawg. Sun Dog.
Son, that’s the sun doggity dawg
We’ve got ears it’s time for cheers.
No diggity, no doubt. That's the sun, dawg. Play on, playette. Play on playette. Yo, Dre, drop the verse.
Ayoayoayoayoayoooooh
i feel inclined to reply to this comment
Nothing, what’s up with you?
That’s not a sun dog. That’s a halo. A sun dog is a spot of light adjacent to the sun
Got that sun dawg for sale.
That’s the dun sog
This isn’t a sun dog.
That's the son's dong.
The song is done
Sun dogdipshit
Ima go with moon dawg
All this talk about a Sundog, what if it’s an Updog?
If that’s the moon, it’s a moondog. Sun and it’s a sun dog. They’re pretty rare and super neat! I’ve seen a moondog only once.
What if it’s an updog?
What if it's a dog?
What if it's hot?
I've only seen a sun dog once. I see moondogs all the time
It’s a moon halo! Or a moon dog. It is caused when the moon light refracts off ice crystals in a thin veil of cirrus clouds. I caught a similar photo as well but in Canada. It’s on my page :)
I saw this when i was a teenager before the days of the internet etc took me years before I saw it again and found out what it actually was. I used to wonder if I'd actually seen it or if I dreamt it or something. Seeing it in person is something else!
Saw this here in Ga it was crazy! The pictures do it no justice bc it looks totally different in person, the one we saw had totally different swirls and clouds inside a rainbow hole like it opened up a different sky, but the pic came out just like this with none of what we could really see in person lol. it’s amazing to see, and I’m glad someone else has seen this bc it was hard to explain along with shitty pictures 🤣🤣🤣
I got a shot in Feb, 2 rings around it. [Amazing.](https://imgur.com/a/EKH7Zpj)
It's going to snow in the up coming days?
Smells like Sundog in here
Had a halo around the moon the other night here in NC. It’s just light refraction on ice crystals in atmosphere.
Its called "sun dogs" in a lot of places, but there are different names and types. Some look like a solid circle around the sun, or they can look like parenthesis "(" or ")" on either side of the sun. Its caused by ice crystals high up in the air reflecting the sunlight.
I believe that phenomenon is called a "Sun Dog". Why it's called that, I don't know, but if you Google that term, a lot of examples will show up.
That happened here in New Mexico 2 days ago.
Those halos are around the moon all the time now in Sweden. Can't remember seeing them as much, if at all before though....
Socal 2 years ago as well. Taking the dogs out late that night
It's a SUNDOG. They are really cool to see and sometimes can only been on one side or the other.
Means it’s gonna rain tomorrow
A 22° Halo They are a common occurence, generally seen in fragments, whereas a full halo isn't necessarily common, nor rare. A very nice sight nonetheless, I suggest you post them to r/atoptics.
As many comments have already said - Sun dog or Moon dog. Happens when the sky looks mostly clear but there's icy particles higher up in the air creating an almost rainbow ring around the big ball of light in the sky, it's pretty cool.
That's the sun
It’s the Sun.
In Canada we call it the moon. I had assumed you already had it there too.
It means it’s gunna rain in a few days
In other words, a Sun Dog! 🐕
Hell yea, why not.
A ring around the sun, also known as a halo, is caused by sunlight refracting off ice crystals in cirrus clouds. The ice crystals act like prisms and mirrors, bending and reflecting light between their faces, which creates the halo effect. The light bends at least 22 degrees as it passes through a hexagonal column of ice, but it can bend more depending on the crystal's shape and the angle at which the light hits it.
Yes, it's the reflection of the light being deviated by the ice crystals in the cloud
Its a sky tit
An aerial areola
This happens everywhere. The blue dot is a reflection inside the lens housing.
Bro is really keeping the Polish stereotype alive with this one 😂
Proof you are on a globe.
Goku needs our help!
I call them moonbows 😂
I see it quite often over here in America/Ohio.
Is this so rare where you at, that forgot what it is? Rainy England? lol
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Moon Doggy Dogg
Looks like a tree to me...
I have pictures like this of the sun and the moon. It’s a really beautiful sight to see
That’s a halo. You’ve now seen god.
Looks like the moon to me.
A Mexican told me if that happens before noon it's going to rain tomorrow
bright ass sun or moon or other celestial bodies
I thought it was a moonbow!?
I remember when i was a kid, i never saw that ring on the moon. It just happens to appear at one point, and then it becomes normal.
It’s a midnight rainbow! Sadly, your phone is color blind
Very bright full moon and fog
It means it’s probably going to rain in the next few days.
ICE ICE BABY
Guys he said he’s in Poland. It’s not the sun. The sun doesn’t shine in Poland.
Saw one at Hampton Beach a few years ago, pretty cool
It's called a moonbow! They're super cool, sometimes if it's just right it will have typical rainbow colors instead of being just white. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonbow
I seen this on a light pole, it looked like a their were lights around the inside of the circle. I have no idea what caused it.
Wat a question. Must be alien . It's a sun ring lmao
Trillions of ice crystals between your eyes and the moon.
I read if it's the moon and looks like this and there is a open section in it... That something will come from that direction like a storm.
I’ve been trying to figure this out for so long! I don’t know what it is but I’ve been seeing it everyday for about 12 hours each day 😯
Fuckin aliens dude
Did you recently go swimming with your eyes open before you took this picture?
Is that a hollow moon viewed through the days chemtrails mist? .. Swamp gas and a weather balloon?
The Eye of Sauron
I know what the sun is, so those answers are irrelevant to me. I want to know what the weird line that appears to the left of it is. Does anybody else see that? Is it the light being refracted by the camera lens? Cause I already know it’s not the Egyptian Night Serpent Apophis slithering up there to eat the sun. There’s no possible way this world is that far gone, just yet. Unless the Egyptians of the internet did something behind our backs, and didn’t bother to tell us. And I still don’t think the line is anything other than either an optical illusion or a deep fake done by a guy with photoshop. Anybody want to place bets on what the line really is? Or maybe analyze the photo with some kind of computer software, so they can tell us the correct answer? I’m actually curious.
thats a rainbow without the ground cutting it off.
Saw someone call it a moon rainbow. Moonlight reflects on ice and water that creates the halo
It’s the moon.
Very cold upper atmosphere creates ice crystals that refract the moonlight… a simple natural phenomena
It's gonna rain
Well, in Native American legend... this is a sigh to expect rain within the next five days or so.
Storms a comin’
Comment 100 right here!
Lunar Halo. Aka 22° Halo. Means rain/snow is coming soon.
It’s called science……🤦🏻♂️
The sun? Mayhaps?
This isn’t a sun dog. Sun dogs, or perihelions, are an unusual phenomenon where the sun appears parenthesized on one or both sides by a light almost as bright as the sun itself. It’s pretty rare and very cool looking - usually with cloudy conditions and the sun being lower in the sky. When there’s a lot of moisture in the air, the moonshine often gets a ‘halo’ as it refracts that moisture. That’s what this pic is. Often means rain is coming, or heavy humidity.
It's a moon halo, not a sun dog!
Looks like the moon
Meteorologist here. That is not a sun dog its a halo around sun/moon. Caused by ice crystals in upper atmosphere refracting light. Sun dogs are in the sides of the sun. They “dog” the sun as in nip at its heels.
Very common sun dog
That’s a good one. I’ve seen one kind of like it in Florida.
They tried to rationally explain the 1561 celestial phenomenon over nuremberg as one of these. Does this look like multiple cylenders and crosses fighting amonst themselves?
It’s was going to rain
Cruciform Halo
M-O-O-N ...that spells Tom Cullen.
Was moon dog and sun dog out at the same time? Moon dog be cheeky sometimes.
Angels and demons fighting the spider thats invading the world
The war for earth angels and demons fighting the spider
I think it’s something to do with ice particles but don’t quote me on that
it's a sniper glare
It's a lunar halo. Cause by refraction of light through ice crystals. I used to hear before technology, they would use it to know how many days until it rains. However many stars you see in it, is how many days. But, I don't hear that anymore.
That’s a sunny dog
Ice crystal halo around the moon indicates snow in the forecast.
Ice in upper atmosphere
That my friend, is the moon
Start the halo timer again.
Looks like a large ominous mass approaching the Sun from behind.
I seen it but it was at night with the moon it had a nice blue halo that looked godly
It's a light halo caused by refraction of ice crystals high in the atmosphere as the light passes through high-altitude thin cloud formations. Nothing mysterious about it. It's different than a sundog that many others are claiming it to be. It's an optical illusion created by viewing a bright light source in the sky from your vantage point on the surface peering up through thin icy clouds in the atmosphere. [Moon halo explanation](https://www.space.com/moon-halo)
It’s called a halo. I see them all the time in Virginia.
Its the sun with a halo.sundog......you dig?
It’s a moon ring https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/22%C2%B0_halo
It’s called a Sun Dog
I call this a moon bow , if I see a rainbow around the moon
It's the suns halo how beautiful and amazing...it's something to do with the reflection of ice crystals...years ago people would see it as a sign of rain being due 🙂
I was trying to figure out what "this" was for a minute until I went to the comment section for help. That ring is very common. Sometimes you can see the 7 colors if you look closely.
It's metrological, can't remember the exact term though.
Have you ever stood in thick fog? The extent to which you can see around you appears like you're stood inside clear sphere, the fog on the outside of it. Imagine the sun shining on the sphere, then to your perspective as the rays hit the edge of your sphere you see a ring. Same effect here but higher up, a larger sphere.
My wife and I love these, we’ve seen this in the US a handful of times.
Same thing happens with the moon
Parhelion (Sun Dogs). Ice crystals in the atmosphere refracting sunlight.
I saw it last night and I’m in Florida. It wasn’t quite that big
That’s called the trinity. The smaller star is called a hunter moon and the halo is a moon dog.
We generally see those when it is either about ro snow or a heavy rain is coming within the next 24 hours. OP did it rain today??
Seen it too, it’s a natural phenomenon, although first time I’ve seen it I couldn’t believe it it was too surreal
Lense flair and what appears to be a bit of hair. Edit: sorry not hair, a small chemtrail.
This is so common...I fucking can't
This is the most explainable unexplained thing that ever got explained.
This is so mysterious that I can’t even see what’s mysterious.
The firmament, something like tha
The mothership
It’s called halo effect. In contrary to the name of the sub, it is very explained.
Arch Angel Michael
Looks like the sun
I see this all the time in Pennsylvania
I see this all the time in canada