Every once in a while, you may look up toward the sun and see strange bright lights on either side of it. Or perhaps you'll be sitting in an aircraft, looking out the window at its shadow, and see a ...

PORTLAND (WGME) --Optical displays like sun dogs and halos have been spotted across Maine recently, but what causes them? This week’s Climate Chronicles question comes from Amber: The key ingredient: ...

DENVER (KDVR) — After a snowy and frigid Wednesday morning, viewers from across Colorado sent in photos of what appears to be colorful spots on either side of the sun. These are known as sun dogs.

I'm not sure where the name originated, but I do know that sun dogs are patches of brightly colored light seen on either side of the sun at sunrise and sunset. The bright spots are the products of ...

How sun dogs appear & types of winter precipitation | Weather Wise Ep. 9 In this episode of Weather Wise, Nathan Scott talks about the sun dog phenomenon and the types of winter precipitation.

It’s a colorful sight in the sky that may seem both fleeting and incomplete. Chances are you’ve seen what appears to be a sliver of bright color up there near sunrise or sunset. That’s called a sun ...