Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.
– Maya Angelou
While driving into Winnipeg along the Perimeter Highway early this afternoon, I had to pull over to snap a photo of this tiny winter rainbow. I later learned that this tiny rainbow is actually referred to as a sundog, and is a common atmospheric phenomenon in the Arctic!
Our weather here in Manitoba today, fit the criteria for creating this little beauty:
- Sunlight
- Ice crystals
- Cirrus clouds
- Bitterly cold temperatures