Sun dog or Parhelia caused by thing layer of cirrus clouds with ice crystal making up the clouds splitting the light as a prism over winter snow

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Size: 3804px × 5700px
Location: Aylesford, Kent, UK
Photo credit: © Yon Marsh Science / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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