Parhelion Collection

Sundogs on the Canadian prairie, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Illustration showing Sun dog phenomenon depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle. 1493
5311491 Illustration showing Sun dog phenomenon depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle. 1493. This version was associated with the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC

An engraving depicting sun dogs, and solar rainbows. A sun dog is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a
5311255 An engraving depicting sun dogs, and solar rainbows. A sun dog is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to the left or right of the Sun

Illustration showing Sun dog phenomenon depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle. 1493
5311492 Illustration showing Sun dog phenomenon depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle. 1493. This version was associated with the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC

Mock suns in the Arctic
Mock suns (parhelia) observed by Dutch polar bear hunters in the Arctic. Date: circa 1550

Sundog / Parhelion (circle of light around the sun) with large ice fumerole in the foreground, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica, November 2008

Parhelion (sundog) on a winter morning, Alaska, USA
Snow-dusted spruce trees and a parhelion (also known as an icebow or sundog ) on a frigid winter morning in Interior Alaska; Alaska, United States of America

Light Physics Diagrams and Instruments. C017 / 3472
Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing light physics diagrams and instruments. Included are illustrations showing the splitting of white light into the colours of the spectrum

Parhelion (mock sun), an atmospheric phenomenon recorded over the tube-like, wooden living quarters of the British Antarctic Survey, Halley

Haloes, historical artwork
Haloes in the winter sky. Historical artwork of a spectacular display of haloes around the Sun over a snowy forest. Haloes are formed by the refraction of the Suns light inside tiny regular ice

Solar halo in cirrostratus clouds. This atmospheric optical phenomenon, seen here around the Sun, is caused by prismatic refraction of sunlight through randomly-oriented hexagonal ice crystals in

Solar corona (upper left), with shades of green and purple colored cloud (centre). The term corona is here being used to refer to an optical phenomenon observed in the Earths atmosphere

Parhelion of 1708
Singular phenomenon seen at Moscow - a triple sun, with an over-arching rainbow

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Witness the breathtaking spectacle of a parhelion, or sundog, gracing the Arctic sky. These mock suns, formed by the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere, cast a circle of light around the sun. Historical artwork and scientific diagrams, such as C017 / 3472, have long documented this natural phenomenon. With a large ice fumerole in the foreground, the parhelion of 1708, also known as a solar halo, adds an otherworldly glow to the winter morning landscape of Alaska, USA. The intricate dance of light and ice creates a mesmerizing display of the solar corona, reminding us of the wonders hidden within our own atmosphere.