Aurora Borealis?

[JoshinMO]

Seen this while Driving one Day and thought wow I must get Photo's. Maybe It's Northern Light's or maybe just Sunlight reflecting off of Cloud's? Just thought It would be neat to share. The first Photo is several minute's before The following Photo's. A Town South of Saint Louis.

[Havenhunter]

Josh, that's a sun dog-- light reflecting off of ice crystals high up in the atmosphere. Although mostly seen in winter when the sun tracks lower, I've seen one in October accompanying the first big cold front dropping down. What's cool is when you get sun dogs on either side of the sun.

[JoshinMO]

Thanks Deb, I never heard of those or seen one before that Day.

[2ndoldman]

"Sun dogs" are actually a very different phenomenon Deb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog

[G10+]

Aurora ?? My sister lives there just a hop skip and a jump from where I am .... awesome pics

[Hi-Lo]

A 'sun dog.' Who knew? Great photos. Thanks for sharing Josh.

[Scorpion68]

Never heard of them before. Thanks for the education Deb and Josh.

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Josh, It's called a Circumhorizontal arc. I saw one on our road trip in July.

[tomclark]

Here's a pic of a sundog from a pier with friend Nic. The sun was actually behind me when I took this picture.

[2ndoldman]

Ron pegged it for you Josh.
Very cool photo though.

[SDhunter]

We get northern lights and sun dogs here. Sun dogs usually occur on very cold days. I guess I don’t know what causes them, but it is always dam cold and there is a huge circle in the sky.

[SDhunter]

[Havenhunter]

Classic sun dogs!

[Tam]

Very cool !! Never have heard of that . I have seen that around the moon .
Love it ....

[SDhunter]

Here is one that was just taken today near Brookings, SD. Oh, and it was -20 F this morning!

[JoshinMO]

I read and watched about Sundog's and Circumhorizontal arc's and they don't seem too entirely different than one another. But I guess they have their differences. Nice Photo Gary.

[Havenhunter]

Sure don't see that in hot weather!

[SDhunter]

Thanks Josh

[SDhunter]

Took this picture this morning over a South Dakota prairie!

[JoshinMO]

That's Wild

[Havenhunter]

Awesome! What a spectacle. Makes you want to slow time down so you can linger awhile and enjoy. Thanks for taking the pic.