The World’s Most Mind-Blowing Natural Phenomena

Published March 23, 2013
Updated February 12, 2018

Mind-Blowing Natural Phenomena: Sun Dogs

Sun Dogs Photograph

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The natural phenomena commonly known as sun dogs has beguiled philosophical greats from Aristotle all the way to Descartes. It was the sun dog sighting, after all, that caused Descartes to take a break from his metaphysical studies and write his book on natural philosophy aptly called “The World”.

Like the fire rainbow, the sun dog consists of vertically-aligned ice crystals which, when the angle is right, create a horizontal refraction and halo-shaped figure around the sun.

Sun Dogs Natural Phenomena

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Mind-Blowing Natural Phenomena Sun Dogs

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