Photographer Lisa-Marie Morgan captured an image of a rare sun dog in Wells Gray Park just off Grouse Creek Road on Thursday, May 15.
According to Wikipedia: A sun dog (or sundog) or mock sun, also called a parhelion (plural parhelia) in atmospheric science is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the sun.
The sun dog is a member of the family of halos caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Sun dogs typically appear as a pair of subtly coloured patches of light, approximately 22 degrees to the left and right of the sun, and at the same altitude above the horizon as the sun. They can be seen anywhere in the world during any season, but are not always obvious or bright. Sun dogs are best seen and most conspicuous when the sun is near the horizon.
