The best time to try to see a sun dog is when there are cirrus clouds in the sky and around sunrise or sunset. Also, this ...

A reader has asked for an explanation of sun dogs and how we can get them across the world. So, we'll do just that. The formal term for a sun dog is parhelion. However, there are other informal ...

A sun dog is also called phantom sun or mock sun, while the scientific name is parhelion. Sun dogs can appear at any time, but they are not always as obvious. On Tuesday, wind chills as low as -35 ...

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Sun dogs are formed when sunlight is refracted by hexagonal-shaped, or six-sided, ice crystals in the sky. You may have to go back to middle school science for this, ...

A reader has asked for an explanation of sun dogs and how we can get them across the world. So, we'll do just that. The formal term for a sun dog is parhelion. However, there are other informal ...