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Description
A sun dog - an atmosphere phenomenom caused by refraction of sunlightthrough ice crystals in the atmosphere. See: http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/arctic/
Credit
NOAA Climate Program Office, NABOS 2006 Expedition
Photographer
Mike Dunn
Display Date
2006 September 8
Location
Arctic Ocean, north of western Russia
Collection
Paths Less Taken
NOAA Affiliation
NC State Museum of Natural Sciences