A Sun Dog and a Grackle in flight not a drone
First time I was able to photo this, actually both didn't even know the Grackle was in the pic until I downloaded it.
Both rainbows and sun dogs are formed by moisture filtering the sunlight.
Rainbows form when drops of rain act as prisms, breaking sunlight into a multitude of colors. Sun dogs appear when sunlight passes through a thin veil of ice crystal clouds (usually cirrus or cirrostratus), and the ice acts as a prism, refracting the light.
A sun dog is seen about 22° to the left or right of the Sun. Sun dogs often form in pairs on either side of the Sun. Often, they appear white, but sometimes they are quite colorful, looking like patches of rainbow. The colors usually go from red on the side nearest to the Sun, shifting from orange to blue on the outside of the sun dog.
A Sun Dog and a Grackle in flight not a drone
First time I was able to photo this, actually both didn't even know the Grackle was in the pic until I downloaded it.
Both rainbows and sun dogs are formed by moisture filtering the sunlight.
Rainbows form when drops of rain act as prisms, breaking sunlight into a multitude of colors. Sun dogs appear when sunlight passes through a thin veil of ice crystal clouds (usually cirrus or cirrostratus), and the ice acts as a prism, refracting the light.
A sun dog is seen about 22° to the left or right of the Sun. Sun dogs often form in pairs on either side of the Sun. Often, they appear white, but sometimes they are quite colorful, looking like patches of rainbow. The colors usually go from red on the side nearest to the Sun, shifting from orange to blue on the outside of the sun dog.