Sun Dogs are what look like rings around the sun, and typically form just after sunrise on windy, bitterly cold mornings
after snow falls. If you have never seen them, consider yourself lucky ... here's why. A Sun Dog is caused by water vapor that freezes into ice crystals. The sunlight is then refracted by the ice crystals, forming bright rings on either side of the visible sun. Sun dogs usually happen when the temperature is well below zero, and the wind is stronger than 15 miles an hour. The rings are supposed to resemble the tails of dogs - hence the name. I call them frostbite beek-ons. Be one with the chicken, and stay inside!
Daisy the Curly Cat! said..." Speedy, you look awfully cold! Thanks for telling us about Sun Dogs. Even though I wish they were called Sun Cats instead "
Stay warm!
51 comments:
brrrrrr!
The last few days have been brutal. I had minor frostbite twice. Something about temperatures that can kill you that is just not very appetizing!
Nice Hat!!
OMG SO COLD! It's cold here, but not like that! Stay warm!
Hi KD!
I am inside today, and plan on STAYING there!
Speedy, you look awfully cold! Thanks for telling us about Sun Dogs. Even though I wish they were called Sun Cats instead.
Stay warm!
Daisy ... that was the best comment!
I think I may add it to this post. Very nice :-)
Minor Frostbite???....I won't ask where.
BRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! It must be ccccccold....I see SNOW on your blog! Have a cuppie hot chocolate & warm up! :)
BUT....I only see snow if I come in thru a side door (a post)....if I come in thru the front door (main page)....no snow!
I froze my arieolioess ((smile))
Hey! You left the door open .... AAAK and SHAZAM!!!!
Come on in and have a cuppie cino cali forni
(you and that snow ...)
Can everyone else see snow here???
I brought marshmellows...and a big cheesy grin. :)
It's clear & sunny but cccccccold in cccccalifonia too! I got my fur cup liners on.
( S M I L E )
.... and just what is COLD in Cali??
..... leaning in to see the fur
..... leaning in to see the fur
oooops
I dunno....I will tell you IF I go outside! But I can tell it's cold!!! Prolly like 30 or 40 degrees.
Fur cups liners are not visable. Sorry! ;)
Really! .... no golf today. Must all the global WARMING.
Invisable things are cool. I have an invisable chicken.
Me getting more JAVA, and a brownie :-)
I only have a few more minutes 'fore I have to BRAve the elements & run errands! So I'll take a brownie to go please! :)
It's going to be 70 degrees here Friday. I'm wishing for snow....but not this miserably cold. You look frozen!!
ummm, Mimi .... can we talk more about that house swap!
I want to wear some shorts and play golf and go for a walk and bike and etc etc etc
Here is your brownie Olgeen!
Put your scarf on.
Never heard of this before - it doesnt get that cold where I am in Australia. Even when I lived in Scotland and only saw the sun for a couple of days a year I didnt know about this. It was interesting. Stay warm..
Thanks Speedy - you're a Sweety!
C U latah! Smooooooooooooootch!!!
Ohhhh you look cold! And I agree with Daisy.
Hi People with cameras Drowsey Monkey!
You are home today?? How is the Canadian wind sheer?
Lilly, I have seen sun dogs many times, but never this vibrant. They actually made the news and everyone was talking about them on Monday. The photos cannot reall do justice to what I saw in person. Very surreal.
yeah i heard you guys had a mess up there. Great pic speedy.that sun dog looks cool.
Popped back in to report it's a balmy 52 degrees outside....but still too cold for this bra'wd! Think I'll saty inside & catch up on vacuuming, baking, laundry and knitting today! (What size sock did you say you wore?)
Olga ... I wil saty in too :)
knitting???
you mean BLOGGING??? I wear a 57 long
ColtFan ... It was awesome in person. Like being on another planet.
You've inspired me to put snow on my blog. I'm all Christmasy now....
That's what those things are! How cool. But yeah, I don't think I want to be seeing any of those around here. It gets cold enough. But at least I know what everyone is talking about when they mention these now. Thanks! Cool pics too!
I also wanted to say that I loved your song choice in the previous post. It brings back lots of good memories. I didn't want to comment over there though since I don't belong to whatever that linky business is and didn't want to screw anyone up. :)
Brrrr!
Hope you made it ok. That looks and sounds brutal!
thats funny to see that "choking chicken"...bought that for my dad a few years back...it was the funniest thing ever!!..at the time...lol
See? I learn something new here every time. But why is the refracted light in the shape of a CIRCLE?
Using a Smartphone modem, the snow comes up after everything else loads...but it's there in Firefox definately.
Those glasses, lol. Fog, ice over, in and out of the cold into warmth and back. :)
Maybe I'm crazy but I like the photos and they look fabulous, wish I was there to watch it myself.
Lisa
Speedy, I hear you on the cold. I am already ready for spring! HA HA!! It is 17 degrees here right now, and they are predicting an ice storm for us later tonight--fun, fun, fun.
*Singing, "the weather outside is frightful."*
Olga--52 degrees!!!! Honey, that's a heat wave! HA HA! I would dance a jig if it was that warm here in December. Sort of like the old man Speedcat jig dance in the kitchen. heeeeeee! :D
So sorry to hear about the frost bite Speedy--that can be nasty stuff. Sure hope you are staying warmer now. You need to get some of those handwarmer thingys to put inside of your gloves and shoes and such. Wear more layers, more layers, more layers----till you can't even move, like the kid in Christmas Story movie--ha ha ha!
About 20 years or so ago, I worked on a bookmobile. Basically, it was sort of like a truck full of books. It was kind of old (even for then) and the heater on it didn't work very well. I HATED being on that in the winter because it just felt like a refrigerator on wheels. My toes and fingers were ALWAYS numb. Hated it!
If I had any sunshine here to warm you up, I'd send it to you. :)
And by the way, yes, I see snow falling on your blog and I'm telling you if you don't turn it off soon, you're going to have to do a lot of shoveling!! Bloggers are going to come linking in here and they are going to get stuck in all this snow that is piling up. Word will get out in the blogosphere--"Better wear your boots and snowpants and put on your snow tires if you go to Speedcat Hollydale Page or you will get stuck there for sure in all that snow." It'll be on the evening news---"There's a 30 Blogger pileup again at Hollydale!" HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! :D
Just for you, Speedy-- to warm you up!
Lol, Sun Cats, I love it, great shots of the dogs.
Here have a cup of this too! :-)
That was cool Speedy. How fun.
Annie's back...go visit.
Have a terrific day. Big hug. :)
You're so crazy....but thats what I love about you!
I've never heard of Sun dogs! Thanks for the education! Its really cold here, too! Supposed to be below zero in a day or two!
i've never seen or heard this before... it's beautiful. we get these rings around the sun from heat. could they be the elusive sun cats then????
Awesome photos of the dawgs, I usually see them in the early morn and no it isn't me eyes :D Check out .spaceweather.com some time, a great site where you can read articles and see amazing photos of sky events. Love the fluffies falling :D
It is cold here.........70! I had to laugh because when I saw the snow on your screen I shivered! I like snow but it sure is nice in the Sunshine State right now. Poor Santa was sweating in front of Wal-mart today!
Hello Speedy SunCattails!
My secret comments about your Sun Dogs are revealed HERE! :~)
P.S. Let it snow a 10-12" Blizzard @ 19 degrees with a 9 degree Wind Chill in Moneypenny land to chill out Gore's Global Warming fantasy...
Huh??
I *know* I left you a comment last night on this post. And I'm pretty sure it went through, or at least I thought it did.
Wow.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that this post is beautiful. Geeeeez - I had a really nice response here last night, I'm bothered that it didn't post.
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas Eric. :)
~ZZ
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