Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Frigid Temps, Sun Dogs, and Sun Halos

First my weather report. Here, in Churchill, it is a frigid -27f with windchill factor making the feels like temp-62f.

Last night we had a  Boy Scout event cancelled because the bus couldn't drive to the center if the windchill was greater than -50 and it was.

Here is the way the window looked at various times from evening yesterday until afternoon today.
                                                                            

                                                                             
Chilly, eh? 
Sun Dogs and sun halos, scientific name parhelion, occur when visible light interacts with the ice crystals in the cirrus clouds, it produces the optical phenomena.
Sun Halo
Sun dog caught by my friend, Linda Friedmann
                                          
                                                                          
Some of my sun dogs
                                                                                 




There was an Aurora showing again tonight and I went out but when my eyelashes froze together, as did the insides of my nose, I gave up and went inside to view from the dome.



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