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Sundog lights up frigid suburban skies

January 27, 2014

Did you know what a parhelion was before today? Not many of us did, but we quickly learned after pictures of Monday morning's parhelion in suburban skies started appearing all over social media. Parhelion is the scientific name for sundog, which is when bright patches of light can be seen to the left or right of the sun -- almost like a halo.

Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140127/news/701279905/
 
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