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Solar Dynamics Observatory Launch Destroys Sundog

SDO Destroys Sundog
Moments after launch, the Solar Dynamic Observatory's Atlas V rocket flew past a sundog hanging suspended in the blue Florida sky and, with a rippling flurry of shock waves, destroyed it.

Moments after launch, Solar Dynamic Observatory’s Atlas V rocket flew past a sundog hanging suspended in the blue Florida sky and, with a rippling flurry of shock waves, destroyed it. Sundogs are formed by the refracting action of plate-shaped ice crystals.

Credit: NASA/Goddard/Anne Koslosky