On 17/02/2015 11:49 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Three Suns have been seen today in Chelyabinsk. This is due to a relatively rare halo effect caused by ice crystals formed in the air as a result of a sharp temperature drop down to -23 -- -25 C (-9 -- -5 F). Here is the best description I was able to find in English: http://rt.com/news/233143-halo-chelyabinsk-three-suns/ Here are plenty of images already found by Google: http://goo.gl/7dcA8b Chelyabinsk is a large (well over 1 mln in population) city in Russia, in Ural Mountains. You might remember that two years ago, there was a large meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk. It has been on many Russian website for some 7-10 hours by now, and just started trickling to the Western English-language websites. Enjoy! Igor
We call them Sun Dogs here, and they are about as common as cold days (which means very common).
They probably happen a dozen or more times a winter here. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
