sundog anyone? (pic)

i love stuff like this...i have no idea why i know what that is what its called. see the false sun? the false sun is on the right-there was one on the left as well, but there was a darn tree in the way. for those that dont know: the viewer is at the 22 degree point within the sun, viewer, and false sun triangle. i love science. when i was taking this picture my roommate was like WTF are you doing.
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v12/sickvanilla/P1010088.jpg

That's pretty cool except how does that work. Why does it happen?

this occurs when the sun is low in the sky. see how it is nearing the horizon? clouds must be present. the clouds must have a specific density (spacing of the ice crystals-what clouds are made of), they dont have to be a specific type. altitude would affect this-also, the season we are in.
light is reflected off of these crystals and shown to us at this specific angle stated earlier. my explanation isnt extremely clear, this is just off of the top of my head. something i learned when i was 10 or so. (i am a geek, OK) try a search.

i am so lost right now

Thats some crazy Dune shit or something

i am so lost right now

It looks like there is two suns, see?

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/117848circled-med.JPG

that is sweet

bad ass!!!

That's fucking cool, j00 r0xx0r at teh ph0t0gr4phy.

That's pretty sweet. I am a fan of natural phenomena myself. Good pic!

Me likey!! :sunglasse

If there are two suns, does this mean I need two arseholes for them to shine out of??

Go back to tatooine, luke.

That's amazing. I have never seen that before. I 'd like to see that one day.

when i was taking this picture my roommate was like WTF are you doing.


Probably because you were standing in the middle of the fucking road with only a camera for protection. ;)

Nice pic :thumbsup:

Awesome pic, me likes! I wish I could see that though...:(

Probably because you were standing in the middle of the fucking road with only a camera for protection. ;)

yeah, that could be it. it was his camera by the way. now i know what he was thinking (what is he doing? i dont care if he gets hit by a car, but i love my camera).
thanks everyone. i also took a picture of my roommates motorcycle-its posted in the racing forum.

Edit: the motorcycle picture is now in the off topic forum as well, thanks to carrrnuttt :)

hahaha, funny guy OZ :lol2:

thats cool i'll have too look at it when im *not* sober :biggrin:

Awesome pic! Stuff like that is insane. We get a lot of weird stuff down here too.

thats cool i'll have too look at it when im *not* sober :biggrin:
LOL!!