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Flaming sun streaks through purple clouds. The video really doesn't do it justice 😍

Late last summer at the Hagerman Wildlife Refuge I spotted all sorts of critters everywhere around me. While watching the first mocassin in the water, I soon realized it was not alone in this little pond. I was very glad to be high above the water and far away from them while I was filming!

Short clip of a water mocassin at Hagerman Wildlife Refuge. Longer clip to follow.

Spotted a humongous sun dog in late October of 2020. A sun dog is a meteorological optical phenomenon in which it appears that the sun has one or two bright spots on either side of it, typically at 22°. The ice crystals in the atmosphere that are refracted by the sunlight, giving the appearance of a sun dog 🌞