I was heading to a job northwest of Wausau, WI early this morning (I get around), and I shot this photo before the sun had broken the horizon.

I think the "shaft" could be a sun dog. I've seen a few sun dogs before but never one this early in the day. Any ideas?

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Never heard of a 'Sun Dog'. Is it anything like a 'Hot Dog?'

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That's a sun pillar. Sun dogs are to the left and right of the sun at a certain angle.

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Interesting. I've never heard of a Sun Pillar. Is it also caused by refraction through ice crystals like a Sun Dog?

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Sun dogs are to the left and right of the sun at a certain angle.

....and that angle is 22 degrees from the sun.

Cute picture! I think your dogs think they're cats...

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It looks like a sun dog.

Look here. A bunch more.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/sea...fr=ush-mailn_02

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