‘Sun dog’ above Englewood Beach
PHOTO PROVIDED BY GWENDOLINE CROSS
Holiday Travel Park resident, artist and amateur photographer Gwendoline Cross shot this photo of a sun dog at Englewood Beach. Im always looking for sun dogs, she said. Im an painter. Im always looking up in the sky. You generally see sun dogs, (scientific name, parahelia) on either side of the sun, according to astrophys-assist.com. Theyre caused by the refraction of six-sided ice crystals in the atmosphere. Youll see a little cloud with a rainbow in it, Cross said.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY GWENDOLINE CROSS
Holiday Travel Park resident, artist and amateur photographer Gwendoline Cross shot this photo of a sun dog at Englewood Beach. “I’m always looking for sun dogs,” she said. “I’m an painter. I’m always looking up in the sky.” You generally see sun dogs, (scientific name, parahelia) on either side of the sun, according to astrophys-assist.com. They’re caused by the refraction of six-sided ice crystals in the atmosphere. “You’ll see a little cloud with a rainbow in it,” Cross said.
