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Old 12-21-2012, 04:45 AM
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Quandry, That's a sun "halo" with sun dogs. Sun dogs, or parhelion, are equidistant from the sun, on either side of the sun. A halo can be around the moon or sun and normally goes all the way around it (unless there are clouds).

That's a great pic! I appreciate you sharing it.

Annie
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