Sun Dogs And Circumzenithal Arc

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Sun Dogs and Circumzenithal Arc
Taken by Dave Jones on July 14, 2016 @ Chard, Somerset, UK

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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS REBEL T3
Exposure Time: 1/400
Aperture: f/11.0
ISO: 100
Date Taken: 2016:07:14 19:57:17

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Very prominent Sun Dogs either side of the sun, with a very clear circumzenithal arc above that was brighter than the photograph can show.

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I see only an upper tangential arc with the dogs.

DZ

Posted by owleye1 2016-07-15 08:46:49

As owleye1 says what you have as circumzenithal arc is a upper tangent arc. I also see hints of the parhelic circle (the white glowing bands extending away from the sun from the sundogs) and also very faint 22° halo

Posted by Jay1 2016-07-15 18:20:19

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