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Nikon CoolPix P1000 camera at high magnification
PhotoScape freeware used to remove excess light, improving contrast
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.