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A plethora of optical phenomena, inclusive of a 22-degree halo, sun dogs, an upper tangent arc, and a sun pillar that leads upwards towards signs of a faint and rare v-shaped Moilanen arc, spotted by John's friend, Natalie Tercek, at sunrise before a day of skiing at Mt. Hood Meadows, Oregon, US.
Sun Dogs (Parhelia) spotted over Portage, Wisconsin, US
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Sun Dogs (Parhelion) spotted during sunrise over East Texas Regional Airport, Longview, Texas, US
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Sun Dog (Parhelion) spotted over West Yorkshire, England
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Sun Dog (Parhelion) spotted over Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
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22-degree halo spotted over Abruzzo National Park, Barrea, Italy
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A vibrant sun dog that has special meaning for Modestino, spotted near Naples, Italy
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Sun Dogs, also known as a Parhelion, on a cold day near Brighton, Colorado, US
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Sun Dog (Parhelion) and reflections in the water near Salerno, Italy
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Sun Pillar with Sun Dogs, being formed here as the sunlight is refracted by the ground level ice crystal cloud, diamond dust, over the Adirondack Mountains in Vermontville, New York, US.
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A section of parhelic circle and 120 degree parhelion over Lane County, Oregon, US.
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A sundog over Mercogliano, Italy.
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A sundog over Manchester, Connecticut, US.
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A sundog over Morecambe Bay, England.
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A sundog over Richmond upon Thames, London, England.
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A sundog over the Russell Glacier, near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.
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