Sundogs

Full Sundog

Although the North may be best known for the aurora borealis, there is another phenomenon of comparable beauty, the sundog. Sundogs appear as either rainbow halos around the sun, or multicolored smudges of light in the sky.  Our daughter named the camp after she had the chance to witness numerous sundogs during her stay in Fairbanks, Alaska.  There they can be seen during the arctic dawn and sunset.

Partial Sundog

A sundog is born when airborne ice crystals, called diamond dust, act as prisms and bend sunlight.  The refracted light paints the interior of the halo red, while the outer rings are blue and green.  Moondogs, a sister phenomenon, occur in the night sky.  To learn more about sundogs, go here.  We felt the name captured both the location of the camp, as well as the full day of southern light that illuminates the peninsula.