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Also called mock suns or parhelia, sundogs are bright, colorful light patches which appear in ice clouds 22° or
more to either side of the Sun. At sunrise and sunset, the angular separation from the Sun
is exactly 22°. When the Sun is high, the sundogs may appear diamond-shaped, and no sundogs can occur if
the Sun is higher than 61°. In addition, a bluish streamer is sometimes seen extending from them in the
direction Sun.

© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein
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