Thursday, January 19, 2023

Odd, but so pretty.

I was driving to the store Saturday morning.  It was minus 15 oC without the windchill and super sunny.  I spotted this:

Where this is, is over the lake I think.  It was as though it was a rainbow, without the curve.  It must have been something to do with the temperature etc?

I was either stopped at traffic lights, or I pulled over on the side of the road when taking these.

As you can see we have very little snow for this time of year.  We got around 3 inches from last week.  Very strange weather this year.


The sun was so bright:




11 comments:

Practical Parsimony said...

I read something on those, but I forgot what they are called. I am going to make the cookies from the last post with a chocolate cake mix, strawberry jello because it is here, and chocolate chips instead of chocolate cookies. And, I have apple sauce, so I won't need to buy anything. They should be delicious.

Joy said...

Very unusual - I've never seen anything like that before. xx

Joy said...

I googled your photo and it seems to be an 'Arctic snowbow'. It said . . .

"Did you happen to see the rare “rainbow” this morning? You could call it is an arctic rainbow, a snowbow, or the more technical term is a ground level sundog. A sun dog normally shows up when plate shaped ice crystals 30,000 feet in the atmosphere refract the sun’s light. In today’s arctic air the sun rose over a very cold morning. The air temperature was about 5 below zero at the time and there was a haze of plate shaped ice crystals that formed. This is a common occurrence in Fairbanks, Alaska where the temperature is routinely in the -20 to -50 degree range in the winter time. This is a rare view in northwest Ohio. A sun dog forms a rainbow on arc on both sides of the sun. 13abc’s News Director Brian Trauring captured these images near Holland Sylvania and Central Avenue around 8:45am this morning."

William Kendall said...

That stands out beautifully.

Magpie's Mumblings said...

I think that's called a 'sun dog' but not 100% sure. At any rate, it's pretty impressive to see!

Jeanie said...

I don't know if that's a sundog or a sun pillar but it is gorgeous -- and I'e never seen one either. There are photos on wikipedia to help identify. I've only seen one in my life -- and NEVER this spectacular.

Margaret (Peggy or Peg too) said...

I don't know what that is but it sure is a pretty sight.

Rachel said...

I'm not sure what that is called but it is gorgeous!

Robin said...

Hi Gill, I believe those are sun pillars. I saw them for the first time six or seven years ago. Aren’t they incredible??

JiCaLu said...

Gorgeous pictures! Ontario does get some beautiful sunsets. I know you commented on my last post but I cannot see the comment, ugh!

Jackie said...

I was going to say it looks like a partial sun dog, but those usually only happen when the temperature is much colder. Very pretty.

God bless.

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