[Faline]

A sun dog or sundog, scientific name parhelion (plural parhelia) from Greek παρήλιον (parēlion), meaning "beside the sun"; from παρά (para), meaning "beside", and ἥλιος (helios), meaning "sun", also called a mock sun or a phantom sun is an atmospheric phenomenon that creates bright spots of light in the sky, often on a luminous ring or halo on either side of the sun.
Sundogs may appear as a colored patch of light to the left or right of the sun, 22° distant and at the same distance above the horizon as the sun, and in ice halos. They can be seen anywhere in the world during any season, but they are not always obvious or bright. Sundogs are best seen and are most conspicuous when the sun is low.

[butterfly]

To bad there isn't a pic of a cross in the back ground

[kellyhound]

cool. never seen one myself.

[MugenMTX5]

great...very beautiful ...

[Sharon]

So beautiful

[Maggots & Mayhem]

Nice post Kelly,
I've chased a few sun doggies over the years and thought I would share a few of the pics I took. The sky is always full of surprises, but these puppies are rare to get the conditions just right for them to appear, and then they fade quickly.
I hope you all like viewing them.

[MeMyselfandI]

amazing

[Rocketman1112]

Those are cool,I have seen a couple at sunset.living on the coast we get a lot of cool sky phenomena.

[oreon333]

it's an ALIEN!!!

[striker47]

Seems like there is a fighter jet flying by another plane in #Maggots & Mayhem post!