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The sun dog is a member of the family of halos caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere. Sun dogs typically appear as a pair of subtly colored patches of light, around 22° to the left and right of the Sun, and at the same altitude above the horizon as the Sun.
Support Neat picture...clearly shows what a sundog is. S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s (Merry Christmas!) 01:49, 21 December 2007 (UTC) Support - Great picture. I've never heard of a 'sun dog' before, more people should ← κεηηε∂γ 10:05, 21 December 2007 (UTC) Support This is what FP is about! I had never heard of a sun dog before ...
Vädersolstavlan (Swedish for 'The Sundog Painting '; pronunciation ⓘ) is an oil-on-panel painting depicting a halo display, an atmospheric optical phenomenon, observed over Stockholm on 20 April 1535. It is named after the sun dogs (Swedish: Vädersol, lit. 'weather sun') appearing on the upper right part of the painting.
Antirrhinum is a genus of plants in the Plantaginaceae family, commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdragons because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are also sometimes called toadflax [1] or dog flower. [2]
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A circumzenithal arc in Salem, Massachusetts, Oct 27, 2012. Also visible are a supralateral arc, Parry arc (upper suncave), and upper tangent arc. From top to bottom: a circumzenithal arc on top of a 46° halo, on top of a Parry arc, on top of a tangent arc, on top of a 22° halo, on top of the actual sun.
The common name "snapdragon", originates from the flowers' reaction to having their throats squeezed, which causes the "mouth" of the flower to snap open like a dragon's mouth. It is widely used as an ornamental plant in borders and as a cut flower. It is perennial but usually cultivated as an annual plant.
The Sun Dog", a 1990 novella by Stephen King; SunDog: Frozen Legacy, a 1984 computer game for the Apple II; Sun Dogs, a documentary by Andrea Stewart; Sun Dogs, a comedy drama by Jennifer Morrison; Sun Dog, a 1984 novel by Jim Harrison; The Sun Dogs, a 2013 album by Rose Windows