Phil,
A sundog is a sun reflection on high clouds made up of ice crystals. It
shows up as a bright spot near the sun. (Like a dog follows it's master).
This one was larger and brighter than I've ever seen before and much farther
away.
Wes
on 10/16/01 5:29 PM, Phillip Landry at saltracer@hotmail.com wrote:
> Wes,
> what in the world is a sundog? Phil
>
>
>> I'll be leaving about this time tomorrow morning to go out. Two hour
>> drive.
>> I don't know, I'd never drive that far/long to go skiing.
>>
>> At a planning meeting for a high school reunion last Saturday, one of the
>> old classmates asked if I ever stayed at the Bonneville Motel in Wendover.
>> I laughed and asked if they ever got rid of the druggie who was running it
>> into the ground. She said "You know!" Turns out her husband is either the
>> new owner or owner by default. They are in the middle of a major revamping
>> of the place. She wanted to know how to get more racers to stay there and
>> I
>> told her to just be fair with them and keep the place clean.
>>
>> We'll see what happens but it is a thought for the future. On the Utah
>> side
>> of the line. More difficult to prowl cars/trailers without being seen.
>>
>> Beautiful sunset here last night, lots of high thin wispy clouds and a
>> major
>> sundog about 10 degrees off the sun. That's farther away than the usual
>> distance for one of those. Usually get some kind of weather after we see
>> one of those.
>>
>> Wes
>>
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