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Helio C. Vital
Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

01/14/2023
06:02 pm

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Nikon CoolPix P1000 camera at high magnification

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PhotoScape freeware used to remove excess light, improving contrast

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As a huge cloud formation heading south reached 22° to the right of the setting sun, its tiny hexagonal plate-shaped ice crystals coherently refracted sunlight, producing the phenomenon shown in the photos, called parhelion or sun dog.

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