Clouds of the Day - Wednesday, January 5, 2022
/Sun Dogs on Display
We had sun dogs on display for most of the morning today. Very fine ice crystals formed when strong winds blew snow into the air pulverizing snow flakes into tiny ice crystals. The Sun is on the right side of this photo and a Sun Dog formed as an arc to the left when sunlight was bent (refracted) by the ice crystals. The blowing ice crystals and stratus clouds are seen in this photo (more on sun dogs later).