35 mm Photos of Actual 'Sun Dog'!
Photographed By
Jason Greywolf Leigh
Saturday, November 25, 2006, between 5:07 to 5:12 pm, CDT:
* Note the 'oddity' plasma-type object in the upper right hand side of photo!
I am both happy and truly astounded to report that on the above late afternoon, very nearly at dusk, I witnessed and photographed a perfect example of a ‘Sun Dog’ out at Lake Pat Cleburne, Johnson County, Cleburne, Texas. Cleburne is roughly 30 miles south of Fort Worth, Texas.
I was parked out at what is called the ‘turn around,’ which is an elevated road out-cropping for both parking of autos and turning around and shaped as in a circle, or like a coda sack formation.
Luckily enough, I had a Fuji Quick Flash 1000 35mm film camera in the glove box of my car. I was out at the lake to zero-in my compass watch at my marked area of true West, having gone for a short drive in my new car and to simply enjoy the beautiful day.
These ‘Sun Dogs’ are unknown atmospheric
anomalies that have the appearance of being two suns, one
atop the other vertically, varying in the size of both—yet almost equal in
size.
Many people nowadays in the 20th and 21st century have confused them as being a gigantic UFO, or like hundreds to thousands of years ago, people thought ‘Sun Dogs’ were some elusive planetary body coming in-between the sun and the earth and are, indeed, elusive. The last Sun Dog I witnessed was some five to seven years past, and before that, perhaps 20 odd years ago. One has to be outside and must notice them as they appear as well.
About ten (10) frames were taken, both vertical shots and horizontal shots showing various ‘fixed’ objects as a reference guide with about half being otherwise stationary, pictorial shots, using the ‘turn around’ railing to steady the camera with several shots taken in a professional/artistic manner, which shows a small leafless tree (about 10 feet tall) for a fixed object reference with the waters of the lake reflecting and refracting the sunlight.
These 35mm photographs were developed as soon as possible, scanned, and then converted and compressed into ‘jpeg’ format for computer viewing on the World Wide Web.
Needless to say, I have copyrighted them, as these photographs came out as awesomely clear and color crisp as I saw them with the human eye and they should be considered among the most noteworthy examples of a ‘Sun Dog’ ever seen and or photographed.
What a lucky break this was!
It was a breath-taking sight to behold—and to wonder about, which is why it will also be an honor to publish . . .
After 90 days of agreement to the ‘exclusiveness’ of the photographs, they are now posted herein for your future study.
Scientific Definition of Sun Dogs: (Click on worded links for further information on the terms expressed).
A sun dog or sundog (scientific name parhelion, plural parhelia, for "beside the sun") is a common bright circular spot on a solar halo. It is an atmospheric optical phenomenon primarily associated with the reflection or refraction of sunlight by small ice crystals making up cirrus or cirrostratus clouds.
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