Sun Dogs

Jan 11, 2016

Frigid temps across the state created sun dogs in the sky this past weekend. Christian Begeman shared photos from around Lincoln County. Sun dogs are caused by light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere. They often appear as a full or partial halo around the sun with colored spots of light on the left and right.

Comments

10:13 pm - Tue, January 12 2016

Jeff clark said:

The wife and I recently moved to Custer. We like outings and took a drive on the 87 from the east side of Custer and drove down to where it connects to the 385 near wind cave. The time of day was right for the sun dogsets effect and we were perplexed. Thanks for sharing this article and the pictures because now we know what the phenomenon was that we witnessed.

09:31 am - Wed, January 13 2016

heidi Carpenter said:

fascinating pictures , thank you for sharing......................