Usually appears 22 degrees directly to the left or right of a setting or rising sun. This particular one was taken at 7.45 pm, it's where sunlight gets refracted in the millions of prism-like ice needles that makes up high level cirrus clouds.
The end result is that colour seperation we get to see in the form of a "mock sun".
This fine example is the reason why it does get called that sometimes!.
Saturday 24 July 2010
Mock Sun (Or Dog Sun)
Usually appears 22 degrees directly to the left or right of a setting or rising sun. This particular one was taken at 7.45 pm, it's where sunlight gets refracted in the millions of prism-like ice needles that makes up high level cirrus clouds.
The end result is that colour seperation we get to see in the form of a "mock sun".
This fine example is the reason why it does get called that sometimes!.
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