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What is this natural phenomenon?

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Black.Bird
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This picture was taken at Sunshine in Banff, Alberta 4 years ago. The light was bright and it stayed there most of the day with two rainbows on the side, so I snapped a picture. To this day I still have no idea what it was, and would like to know if anyone else has seen this.
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CheddarJack
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Portals
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bakedpow
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like thats not lens flare?? if so i have noooo idea.
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RICK_ROSS
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only explanation
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Black.Bird
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No it was there most of the day!
I don't live out west and thought that it could be normal with that much snow reflecting light from the sun.. Until I was looking for more pictures of such a thing.
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TRAP_CHEF
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Aliens bruh
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ILLinoisance
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Obama beams
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RICK_ROSS
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did you ever ski towards it?
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Black.Bird
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The closest thing to this type of phenomenon would be a "sun dog" (also pretty cool)
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But with mine, the sun wasn't the bright light.
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Rafiki
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according to WebMD, this is a herpes flare up. i suggest getting some Valtrex
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MothaHucker
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my guess is there is one central light out there somewhere from reflected sunlight off snow or some other reflective shit, and the lights on either side are the resulting flares from the "sun dog" you posted above. I have no clue though
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Tinga
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was it windy?

could just be bits of snow kicked up in the air and light is reflecting off of it between the clouds.
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JakeAssBeatClap
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I know exactly what it is I'm an Earth Scientist. It's frozen water in the air. It happens in cold places. It's just how light refracts off it. It's the same idea as sun halos. Like when you can see a halo around the sun it's just frozen water molecules in the sky refracting the light.


They are technically called sun dogs



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JakeAssBeatClap
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I know exactly what it is I'm an Earth Scientist. It's frozen water in the air. It happens in cold places. It's just how light refracts off it. It's the same idea as sun halos. Like when you can see a halo around the sun it's just frozen water molecules in the sky refracting the light.


They are technically called sun dogs



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japanada
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Correct. We had a week straight of them here in Jackson this winter. It looked like diamond dust floating in the air. Pretty sweet thing to see.
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minihef
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Yep, it's a sundog. See them a lot at Sunshine.
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B.Aussie
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It happens a fair bit in Austria and when we have the snow guns turned on in Australia. It's the frozen water particles refracting the light.
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TNORTS
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Sun dogs
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daannnnieel
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it's light reflecting lol
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Black.Bird
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Interesting, thanks guys. Sun dog it was.
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DrewPeacock
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aids.
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