The Aerial Horizon

The Ohio River winds westward through West Virginia toward Huntington and collects the crimson glow of a cloud veiled sunset…As we momentarily divert our eyes from the bright red glow of the sun, we see the illusion of a second sun riding a spectral arc scribed on the veil. The sundog increases in intensity, each band of refracted light glowing more brightly in different shades of red until vanishing with the dissipating mist.