SDO Destroys Sundog

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES

05.17.2010

Courtesy Photo

NASA

Moments after launch, SDO'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

NASA Identifier: 430072main_sdowaves

• Date Taken: 05.17.2010
• Date Posted: 02.08.2013 12:17
• Photo ID: 847313
• Resolution: 2348x3522
• Size: 287.49 KB
• Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., US