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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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May 17 2013 1:03AM
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CheddarJack
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Portals
May 17 2013 1:06AM
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bakedpow
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like thats not lens flare?? if so i have noooo idea.
May 17 2013 1:12AM
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RICK_ROSS
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only explanation
May 17 2013 1:14AM
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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.
May 17 2013 1:14AM
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TRAP_CHEF
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Aliens bruh
May 17 2013 1:16AM
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ILLinoisance
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Obama beams
May 17 2013 1:16AM
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RICK_ROSS
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did you ever ski towards it?
May 17 2013 1:16AM
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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.
May 17 2013 1:17AM
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Rafiki
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according to WebMD, this is a herpes flare up. i suggest getting some Valtrex
May 17 2013 1:27AM
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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
May 17 2013 1:41AM
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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.
May 17 2013 2:09AM
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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



May 17 2013 2:11AM
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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



May 17 2013 2:11AM
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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.
May 17 2013 3:47AM
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minihef
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Yep, it's a sundog. See them a lot at Sunshine.
May 17 2013 3:54AM
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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.
May 17 2013 5:38AM
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TNORTS
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Sun dogs
May 17 2013 10:02AM
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daannnnieel
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it's light reflecting lol
May 17 2013 11:19AM
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Black.Bird
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Interesting, thanks guys. Sun dog it was.
May 17 2013 4:06PM
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DrewPeacock
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aids.
May 17 2013 4:10PM
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