Looks like flares next to sun
Taken by Lucy stone on January 6, 2019 @ Waterford Michigan
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Date Taken: 2019:01:06 15:09:05
  
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Scary looking at the sun and those flares
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Those are well known and called sun dogs. Like a dog follows someone, they follow alongside the sun. They are a result of sunlight bent and refracted by ice crystals high in the atmosphere where it is very very cold. Nothing to be afraid of.
Posted by oregonrandy 2019-01-07 23:45:05
These are called sun dogs
Posted by kb9uwu 2019-01-08 11:49:25
 
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