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Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

A mirage happens when light bends, or changes path. You might think of them only happening in hot deserts, but we see mirages on warm roads when what seems to be puddles form in the distance. That is actually the image of the sky, that appears in the road, due to light bending upward, toward more dense (or cooler) air. You can spot mirages day and night, over land and over water, and even in cold regions.

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$A Sun Dog is a Mock Sun is a Parhelion Sun dog is the nickname for a bright spot of color seen on either side of the sun in cirrus clouds. It follows the sun the way a dog follows a person. It is also called a mock sun because it imitates the sun and sometimes seems just as bright. The technical name is parhelion if theres one, or parhelia if there are two. Its a distant cousin of a rainbow. To get a sun dog, you need to have cirrus clouds, which are very high, and very cold, and made of ice crystals. The ice crystals separate the light into seven colors. Thats called refraction. Sun dogs are pretty and interesting and common. They simply tell you the clouds are high, thin and cold enough to be made of ice crystals. Meteorologist Alan Sealls Facebook: Alan Sealls Weather Twitter: @AlanSealls Web: alansealls.com More educational weather videos for k-12 and even college level by subscription here http://weatherthings.com/TeacherVideos$

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