October 8, 2026
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩!
𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛…
Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
December 28, 2020
Monday Morning Mystery 122820
Saw this spectrum in the sky to the south of Allendalerecently, like a sliver of a rainbow.
Does this sort of thing have a name, and what causes it?
Is it in the same category as the photo below, taken on High Mountain not too long ago?
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https://www.weather.gov/arx/why_halos_sundogs_pillars
https://www.weather.gov/fgz/Rainbow
The National Weather Service explains the light refraction behind rainbows, sun dogs and the like.
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Looks like a sun dog in the 1st picture. We see them often when fishing.
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https://www.weather.gov/arx/why_halos_sundogs_pillars
https://www.weather.gov/fgz/Rainbow
The National Weather Service explains the light refraction behind rainbows, sun dogs and the like.
(Not able to access your second photo).
Sara Wiegand
Looks like a sun dog in the 1st picture. We see them often when fishing.