Sun Dog
by Mike Lee
Title
Sun Dog
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
This image captures a parhelion, commonly known as a “sun dog” viewed from atop Pilot Butte in Bend Oregon.
Pilot Butte is an ancient, now dormant, cinder cone volcano which now serves as a scenic viewpoint managed by the Oregon State Parks Service. From atop this hill one is treated to some pretty stunning views in all distances, especially to the west toward the Deschutes Naitonal forest with its majestic volcanic peaks.
A parhelion is a phenomenon that results from the refraction of light through the ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. They can frequently be seen in pairs and this one, to the south side of the sun was indeed coupled with one to the north side. This one wasn’t over near as striking of a landscape as its mate so I decided to shoot it at a telephoto focal length for a simple, more minimalistic image of the colors and the wonderful clouds surrounding them.
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October 13th, 2021
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Comments (4)
Karen Conger
I have seen a few of these and tried to grab a quick shot but I have never captured them in this detail. Beautiful!
Alex Lapidus
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