Nope. I looked at all the images of sun dogs, and it wasn't such a phenomenon. These were stretched out, kind of "ropy" alto-cumulous clouds, lying side by side, until stretched by upper level winds. They looked like long strings of homemade sausages run over by a roller, and then stretched out westward toward the setting sun... And the sun colored all of them with the rich red and orange colors you get briefly at the end of some days. Lovely!
I'll be ready next time! <g> - - keith Steve Larson wrote: > > Hi Keith, > It was probably a sun dog. They are beautiful. > Steve Larson > Redondo Beach, California > > > > Just the other day, I was driving home from somewhere, and saw a streaky > > batch of brightly lit, late-in-the-day cumulus clouds, with reds, > > oranges, grays, and so on, all stretched out east to west, looking for > > all the world as tho' they were being sucked into the disappearing sun! > > What a beautiful but fleeting phenomenon! > > In the time it took me to get parked, get my camera from the house > > (perhaps 3 minutes) the sky and clouds had ALL turned into a hundred > > shades of a dismal looking gray. . . > > > > That won't happen again! I just bought a fine little pocket camera. Goes > > into it's little leather pouch and on my belt every day. > > > > keith whaley
