Sundog over Algiers
by Yasmina Bouderba, CRAAG, Algiers, Algeria
Sundog (Parhelia) is a diffraction atmospheric phenomenon. Since Sun light interacts with hexagonal ice crystals in the atmosphere, a pair of bright spots with an arc of rainbow occur on either sides of the Sun.
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- Africa (332)
- Northern Africa (137)
- Algeria (25)
- Exact location (3.0324 E, 36.7969 N)
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Samsung GT-S5280
Taken on 6
May
2015
Submitted on 10 May 2015
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
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Yasmina Bouderba (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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