Astrophoto: Airplane Meets Sundog

Plane flying by a magnificent sundog on May 27, 2013. Credit and copyright: Sculptor Lil on Flickr.

Who doesn’t love seeing a sundog? This sundog had the added bonus of an airplane flying nearby, deftly captured by photographer Sculptor Lil on Flickr , who wondered if the people on the plane could see it. Too bad the airplane didn’t fly through it, like the sundog encounter the Solar Dynamics Observatory had during launch.

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Nancy Atkinson

Nancy has been with Universe Today since 2004, and has published over 6,000 articles on space exploration, astronomy, science and technology. She is the author of two books: "Eight Years to the Moon: the History of the Apollo Missions," (2019) which shares the stories of 60 engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make landing on the Moon possible; and "Incredible Stories from Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos" (2016) tells the stories of those who work on NASA's robotic missions to explore the Solar System and beyond. Follow Nancy on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Nancy_A and and Instagram at and https://www.instagram.com/nancyatkinson_ut/