2008 HS Photo Contest Pictures

2008 AAPT High School Physics Photo Contest
Winner's Showcase

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Second Place - Natural

Title: Sundog
Student: Casey Brown
School: Northfield High School, Northfield, MN
Teacher: Rebecca Messer

Nature is filled with countless wonders, which are revealed to us slowly. Some are happenings that take place everyday, but looked at in the right light. A rainbow by itself is beautiful, but rainbows around the sun, more commonly known as “Sundogs” are magical. Knowing how these spells are cast adds a whole other level of magic to the fairytale. Generally, Sundogs happen when the sun is near the horizon, the sun’s light is passed through the hexagonal-shaped ice crystals, then refracted 22 degrees and the observer sees rainbows near the sun.