The Moon just now in the UK. No idea what is creating the halo

  • TWeaK@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    11 months ago

    Oh nice, I’ve seen this before in Florida but was unable to capture it in my phone’s camera. Didn’t realise it had a name!

    sundogs

    You’re just making things up now XD

    • dirtySourdough@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      11 months ago

      Though it sounds silly, sundogs are the name of an actual optic phenomena. They appear as bright spots on either side of the sun, aligned with where the halo may appear. Hence, they are “dogging” the sun.

      • TWeaK@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        11 months ago

        Yarp, I looked it up. The etymology section is fun, I like to think there’s no real meaning behind it, someone just called it that and the name stuck.