The Moon just now in the UK. No idea what is creating the halo

  • dirtySourdough@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Though it sounds silly, sundogs are the name of an actual optic phenomena. They appear as bright spots on either side of the sun, aligned with where the halo may appear. Hence, they are “dogging” the sun.

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      11 months ago

      Yarp, I looked it up. The etymology section is fun, I like to think there’s no real meaning behind it, someone just called it that and the name stuck.