Sundog
at Old Crow, Yukon, Canada imaged by Kai Rannik.
Old Crow (Home
of the Vuntut Gwitchin) is
north of the Arctic Circle on the confluence of the Crow and Porcupine
Rivers. When this image was taken near noon on January 29th,
2003 the sun was not quite 3° high and the
temperature was a numbing minus 42°C.
The bright sundog is formed by diamond
dust plate
crystals. Above it curves a fragment of a 22° halo.
Stretching horizontally from the sun the parhelic
circle characteristically brightens beyond the sun dog. A thin pillar reaches upward from the sun.
©2003 Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, shown
with permission. |