Heads up: that ‘rainbow’ cloud you’re chasing might be a sundog

I spent three years thinking every colorful patch near the sun was a rare cloud formation. Turns out I was just looking at sundogs this whole time. A quick check of the angle from the sun saved me from embarrassing myself at the last meetup.

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evaperez1mo ago

Wait until you factor in how sundogs can actually predict weather shifts, since they form from ice crystals that often mean a cold front's coming. Most people just snap a photo without realizing they're basically looking at a built-in barometer. That little trick has saved me more than once from getting caught in surprise snow.

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lunah861mo ago

Saw one last winter and tried to convince my cat it was an alien spaceship, he didn't care.

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