I don't know that I agree with the wiki statement that these are rarer than sundogs. Then again, my parents worked nights so I saw the moon more than the sun at times so maybe it is just me. Sometimes these halos are silvery and other times a beautiful copper.
Ah, just remember wiki statements, well, they're not exactly an acceptable academic reference....
In my pharm class, someone actually submitted a drug report (turned back by the prof) with wiki as her references. Very polite statement from the prof
- sent to all "Wikipedia is NEVER acceptable as a reference in an academic paper " But it sure is a great resource, taken in context.
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I`ll go back to the old one once I`m sure that the moron from our local group has "gone away". LOL! Just couldn`t think of a substitute, and was looking up Fireflies on Google just before.
Carol: If you are in Wisconsin - you've seen them, even if you didn't know what they were called. I'm in Ontario and we see them quite often in the winter - especially early in the morning or late in the day - just as long as there are ice crystals in the air. Generally, if you see sundogs, you know that you will be in for precipitation in the next twenty-four hours. There are other forms as well - t-shapes and crosses
- some think that Constantine's vision ("in hoc signe") was a suncross.
If you do a Google 'image' search for sundog - you get lots of picture of various types of sundogs.
Thanks Marg - the one we saw was exactly like the San Diego one on that webpage!
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