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Home » sun dogs

sun dogs

A look into the brilliant displays of atmospheric optics

November 22, 2017 by Harrison Sincavage

The atmosphere can display phenomenal optical features through the bending of light. You may have looked up at the sky on a day with high-level clouds, e.g. cirrus clouds, which are composed of ice crystals. These hexagonal ice crystals act as prisms, and when a photon (a particle of light) passes through the ice crystal, … Read more

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