# A sub-zero rainbow!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sub-zero-rainbow/742808>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sub-zero-rainbow/742808 "2016-01-11T14:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sub-zero-rainbow/742808/21 "2016-01-12T18:19:53Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Except that, technically, sundogs aren’t really all that rare – it’s just that most people aren’t aware of them (especially the non-spectacular kind), even when they’re pointed out to them.
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> I used to point them out to people, to the chagrin of Pepper Mill.

They’re less rare than other phenomena, but they’re rare.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sub-zero-rainbow/742808/22 "2016-01-12T18:47:45Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> I’m very familiar with that site. Here’s their page on sundogs:
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> [Sundogs, Sun Dogs, Parhelia, Mock Suns](http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/parhelia.htm)

It wouldn’t surprise me a bit to learn that you’ve authored some of their pages or are the brains behind the whole thing.

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**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sub-zero-rainbow/742808/23 "2016-01-12T19:30:43Z")

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That’s awesome, and why I like the dope.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sub-zero-rainbow/742808/24 "2016-01-12T20:24:17Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> It wouldn’t surprise me a bit to learn that you’ve authored some of their pages or are the brains behind the whole thing.

Afraid not, although I have written a big piece on Sundogs. But not on that site

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