Sun dog -nature

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5-4-2008 5:45 PM

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<P>There are records among the writings of the <A title="Ancient Egypt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" linkindex="74">Ancient Egyptians</A> that discuss two suns in the sky, and one that discusses the sun <I>setting</I> in the east, or moving backward.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sun_dog&oldid=209840127">A passage in <A title="Cicero" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero" linkindex="80" set="yes">Cicero</A>'s <I><A title="De re publica" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_re_publica" linkindex="81" set="yes">On the Republic</A></I> (54-51 BC) is one of many by Greek and Roman authors who refer to sundogs and similar phenomen</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Halo_and_sun_dog_-_NOAA.jpg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Halo_and_sun_dog_-_NOAA.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Halo_and_sun_dog_-_NOAA.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/C72ACE8F-2DB6-4B16-B28A-13ADE1B5A142" alt="Image:Halo and sun dog - NOAA.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Sundogs_-_New_Ulm-Edit1.JPG&oldid=206584364" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Sundogs_-_New_Ulm-Edit1.JPG&oldid=206584364" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Sundogs_-_New_Ulm-Edit1.JPG&oldid=206584364"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/418DFAFA-BC61-4371-860D-10D97F125430" alt="Image:Sundogs - New Ulm-Edit1.JPG" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Sundogs_in_Fargo%2C_ND._Jan9th_2008.JPG&oldid=190683117" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Sundogs_in_Fargo%2C_ND._Jan9th_2008.JPG&oldid=190683117" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Sundogs_in_Fargo%2C_ND._Jan9th_2008.JPG&oldid=190683117"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/6B8EC850-2475-4760-84F4-75CDF92614E1" alt="Image:Sundogs in Fargo, ND. 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dakotayii says:

A sun dog or sundog (scientific name parhelion, plural parhelia, for "beside the sun") is a common bright circular spot on a solar halo. It is an atmospheric optical phenomenon primarily associated with the reflection or refraction of sunlight by small ice crystals making up cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. Often, two sun dogs can be seen (one on each side of the sun) simultaneously.

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