The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-13
HEAVENLY SPLENDORS.
The '1Sun Dogs" Recently Seen at
Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Chicago Times: The following
dispatch to the Times puts on re-
cord the remarkable and highly in
teresting optical phenomena some
times called sun-dogs. They are
duplicates of the suns image, seen
more frequently in high latitudes,
produced by the want of homoge8e-
BUSINESS in the atmosphere, layers
Of vapor causing refraction and
also acting as repeating mirrors,
and so forming one or more, and
sometimes three or four, false suns.
They are seen at the crossing Of
two or more halos, the halos being
sometimes visible and sometimes
invisible. Those seen by tue OBJ
server at Green Bay are remarks
bic for the attendant great circle
halfway from the zenith to the no
rizon, and also for the number and
different colors of the sun-dogs
In Sweden and Norway aud Libe-
liza these phenomena are not IN
common. "The great sun-dog."
known as such on the northeastern
coast, was seen, and has been often
described by most excellent gen
tlemaD and keen observer, now
quite advanced in years, who is at
present and has been for the last
thirteen years a well known resi-
dent of this city. There were two
sun-dogs on that occasion, one very
large and the other quite small.
So much attention did the phenom-
enon attract in Newfoundland that
the year 1889 is called to this day
the "sun-dog year." Sun-dogs of
less striking character have been
seen in this vicinity within a few
days;
GREEN BAY, Jan. 6 1881.-The
highly interesting and unusual phe-
nomena-the sun-dogs-were seen
In this vicinity this morning at IL
o'clock. A large circle of white
light spanned the heavens at a dis
lance half way Between the horizon
and the zenith, the whole cIrcum-
ference being very bright, but much
the brightest nearest to the points,
or sun-dOgs, west and north oppo-
site the sun, which points were a
brilliant white. This circle made
its appearance gradually after sun
rise, and attained its perfection at
IL o'clock. A smaller circle around
the sun, with its smaller circle
around the sun, with its sun-dogs,
arose with the sun and was very
brilliant, the points at the crossing
of the two circles being almost as
bright as the sun itself. While the
other two sun-dogs we're white,
these exhibited all the colors of the
rainbow. =
But the greatest attraction of all
was a crescent, in length one-quar
ter of circle, located at about one
third the distance from the centre
of the great cicle and the sun. 1t
was very brilliant. exhibited all the
colors of the rainbow, and in it, or
between 1t and the beholder, could
be distinctly seen what appeared to
be a snow squall, the flakes of snow,
or what appeared to be such. pass
ing rapidly from southwest to
The whole display at
tanned it's greatest brilliancy and
perfection at IL o'clock and retain
ed almost the same brightness un-
I'll L o'clock, when the whole disap
peared within a few minutes.
The weather was slightly hazy,
sur shining brightly, wind south,
mercury at o'clock A. II. u de
grees below zero, at 10 O'clock
degrees above, at II O'Clock 10 de
grees above, at 2 O'Clock II degrees
above.
rhe same peculiar phenomena
was witnessed by residents OF Fond |
ia Lac.