http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: sundogs - Recent Posts en Thu, 21 May 2026 17:03:25 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-259659 Thu, 07 Sep 2017 08:37:30 +0000 acsimpson 259659@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It sounds similar to I spy the weather. Points for different weather phenomenons.</p> <p>It was the go to book for learning too read the sky for beginner gliding pupils in the 90s. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-259651 Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:20:21 +0000 Cyclingmollie 259651@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw a halo, sun dog and upper tangent arc while cycling on Sunday morning in East Lothian. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-259631 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 22:03:16 +0000 Min 259631@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cool. </p> <p>I must look up this Cloud Collectors Handbook! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-259598 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:01:05 +0000 Arellcat 259598@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I spotted it too! Got some good photos.</p> <p>It's one of the top scores in <em>The Cloud Collector's Handbook</em>: you get 45 points for a circumzenithal arc, plus 25 if it's accompanied by sundogs. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-259592 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 18:31:15 +0000 Min 259592@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is a lovely circumzenithal arc just now. An inverted rainbow directly overhead. Unfortunately it has got a bit cloudy but probably still worth looking out for. Also some cracking sundogs earlier on. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-134385 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:15:42 +0000 Min 134385@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fantastic sun pillar this morning. It was still there a few minutes ago. Look just above where the sun is. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-92788 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:48:51 +0000 Arellcat 92788@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><code>Sun dogs' fire, on the horizon,<br /> Meteor rain stars across the night,<br /> This moment may be brief<br /> But it can be so bright,<br /> Reflected in another source of light.</p> <p>When the moment dies,<br /> The spark still flies,<br /> Reflected in another pair of eyes.</code> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-92761 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:41:20 +0000 Uberuce 92761@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's like teeny tinsy gravitational lensing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-92754 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:03:12 +0000 Min 92754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some nice bright sundogs appearing and disappearing today. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-48071 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:50:09 +0000 kaputnik 48071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I didn't know what a sun dog was until today. I couldn't see it because the sun was on the wrong side of our building. But I think I've learnt something nevertheless. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-48017 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:53:34 +0000 SRD 48017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-48013 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:25:58 +0000 Min 48013@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cool, glad to spread the sundog joy. :-) Gone now but the clouds are still moving so they may yet reform. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-48010 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:14:33 +0000 SRD 48010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>neato! thanks for the tip. never seen that before. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4525#post-48009 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:09:41 +0000 Min 48009@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some of the best sundogs I have ever seen forming in the sky jsu now. Go and take a look if you can </p>