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SUNDOGS

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Anyone caught thesundogs today in bishan..about 4-6pm?
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Post by Leogalz »

wat sundogs?
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Is it some kind of parhelia? Like those really bright spots/areas of the sun.. I cannot really remember clearly the exact details but roughly that's about it. And i think we can only see it clearly when the sun is low-lying..am i right to say that? :)
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Post by gwenyi »

why would the sun dogs be only visible from bishan if it had been on the sun -.o ?
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Hi,
Anyone caught thesundogs today in bishan..about 4-6pm?
Sun dogs :?: :?: Is it the same dog that eat up the sun :?: :?: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Post by AGMI »

well i reckon the clouds were only visible in bishan .. seems it was EXTREMELY clear abt 6-7pm? hmm...amazing how so few people noticed it..well sundogs are refracted light from the sun on the clouds and are visible as rough trianglur thingys on the 2 sides stef and geraldine it is a parhelia

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guide ... ce/sd.rxml

http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/halo/parhelia.htm

Here is the link :

http://www.meteoros.de/arten/ee02e.htm
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Post by weixing »

Hi,
So this is call Sun Dogs :) :) :) I thought it is the brother of "Sky Dogs" that eat up the Sun... Ha Ha Ha Ha.... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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haha right.. :mrgreen:
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Post by hlyf »

didn't see yesterday (wasn't at bishan but i dun think would be exclusively visible there lah :P) but seen before just after sunrise.. seen sun halo and moon halo before too, one huge ring of light around the sun/moon.. haha quite cool, atmospheric phenomena that appear when the right kind of clouds come in..
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Post by AGMI »

well im still amazed....bishan mrt walk out can see already yet i bet anyone hardly noticed lol..sun halo is nicer lol moon halo boring hehe

wish u can see this? http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/halo/circim2.htm
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