Hungarian Dogs - 2

Images by Andrew Bali (gallery).  The glints from hexagonal plate ice crystals have lit tendrils of fibrous cirrus. The reds at the sunward edge of the sundog are the only pure spectral colour, all others are colour mixtures. Nonetheless, this dog displays greens and blues with unusual clarity. Depending on the cirrus conditions, sundogs have a whole variety of appearance.  Hungarian dogs 1

©Andrew Bali, shown with permission.


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