Sundog, another weird Florida happening.

[Virgo10]

Interesting phenomena.

Sun dogs, also called mock suns, are colored, luminous spots caused by the refraction of light by six-sided ice crystals in the atmosphere. These bright spots form in the solar halo at points that are 22 degrees on either side of the sun and at the same elevation as the sun.

This was the one I just saw.

Such clouds are usually found only at temperatures below about
-20°C.

So I guess somewhere WAAAAY over Florida, it's really cold!

 

[crazyme5kids]

How beautiful!

 

[momrek06]

WICKED COOL

 

[sammi]

What stunning photos!

 

[UrsulasMyHero]

I've seen those before, but never knew what they were called. They're usually over a thunder head. YUp that's a thunderhead there... at least 15,000 feet high, a harbinger of a thunderstorm on the horizion. Thanks for sharing a great photo.

 

[ilovepcot]

Gorgeous pics!