Here's a picture I took of some sun dogs last week in winnipeg. Not the best picture but still quite a cool thing to see! Caused by ic crystals in the air which cause some kind of reflection/refraction of the sunlight to give the sun a "halo".

Cool, I love seeing those things..winter rainbows. The downside is it usually has to be frigging freezing to get them!

Yup, was quite a chilly day! Thing is I never even heard of them before until i saw two spots of light either side of the sun. Now I'm looking to capture the northern lights on picture, although i havent seen them for a while.

No it doesn't - saw sundogs over Lake Huron in July - on a lovely warm evening as the sun went down....have a look at www.atoptics.co.uk

Usually....that little word covers a lot of evils.

Maybe its cos the sun has to be at at a specific angle to generate these, and its at that point in the winter when Im going to work, but Ive only really noticed these halos and sundogs on still and clear sunny (and therefore cold) winter mornings and evenings?

Well they maybe some tonight according to www.Aurorachasers.com


We need a KP factor of 3 but they indicated an event tonight to be 5.33
kp map

(The higher the Kp index is, the more likely you see the aurora in any direction including overhead. )

I normal go up to Little mountain Park on the North West Side of the city to escape as much light pollution as possible. Take the dog as it's an off lease park but wrap up real warm.

Seen some fantastic lights lately.

Ahh, typical, when my car is out of action! Its almost like Mr God doesnt want me to see his lights, last time we went to see them we broke down on a gravel road 2 miles from Stonewall, middle of last winter! Not having a cell phone was considered a terrible decision!

The photo isn't brilliant but this was taken early evening, last summer

Took this one in Tofino last July.............

Whats that big rock called? i swear i've have seen that on a a calender