New Additions - 07b: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a Sun Dog!

Before we can ever say that a point of light in the sky is Nibiru, or an alien spaceship or whatever, we need to make sure that the source is not one of many known atmospheric phenomena, or is not one of the many known image artifacts that our cameras produce, for example.

This video explores the most common phenomenon that has been called all manner of things, that of Sun Dogs, and the explanation is even more interesting than there being a second sun for example - our own atmosphere can be amazing and confusing, before we even start to think about what exists beyond it in space.

Have any thoughts, questions, suggestions or corrections? Leave a message in the comments.

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[GhostOfMorrison]

I just want to say that a day after I learned about sundogs, I saw them! I never noticed them before, but it was there this morning at sunrise. Thx 3WMElliot for the lesson. It was cool to actually see it!

[3WMElliott]

@GhostOfMorrison Good good, now keep an eye out for the umpteen other optical phenomena that can be seen, halos, upside down rainbows, light pillars... loads of things to see.

[GhostOfMorrison]

@3WMElliott I've seen halos and a full circle rainbow. been in a heat-lightning storm. Saw the aurora borealis in NY back in the 90s, (I was 5ish and my dad pulled the car over so we could get out and look).

What do you mean by light pillars? The things that are also called 'Rays of Buddha' that appear when the sun is behind the clouds?

[3WMElliott]

@GhostOfMorrison Your Buddha Rays are Crepuscular Rays (gotta admire the names of some of these things), Light Pillars go back to ice crystals once more, different types, shapes, arrangements, but basically make vertical beams of light in the skies.

And, confusingly, there are some Crepuscular rays that are mistaken for light pillars, so it's no wonder so many people aren't quite sure what they're looking at. Always looks cool though - I can't think of a boring example.

Other than rainbows...

[purplerach]

this is rach, i said id come and have a look, is this your voice then????

xXx

[3WMElliott]

@purplerach Tis indeed, welcome to the nerdy nonsensical world of Nibiru claims.

[TStormGuy]

Very cool video. Perfectly understands what is happening here on YouTube. Someone sees a sundog, film it and than claim that it's a Nibiru, UFO, or chemtrails.

[GhostOfMorrison]

@stevecast65 Have you ever done the prism experiment? This is that principle happening trillions of times every 1 bilnth of a second (nanosec)

You can choose what you want to believe in. That is the ist amend of this country. But to turn a blind eye to all science and absorb 'truths' from all alternate sources isn't the answer. There are 'truths' within science as well...

Within what we know about weather and phys., though not complete or always correct the first time, there ARE hardened facts.