Sun Dogs: How many suns do we have again?

This phenomenon is called Sun Dogs and makes you wonder what it must be like on a planet with three suns. I mean, you would have to wear sunglasses to bed.
But, we have one sun, and I do not want to change that. It would be much hotter and bright, and our planet might become like Venus, which would basically kill us.





This is a really intriguing one though. This phenomenon occurs when there are crystals of ice in the air, in high clouds, or, in colder weather, just randomly in the air. If these crystals are drifting down, you can see sun dogs. If, however, they are staying put, you see a halo.
 There is a related phenomenon that is really cool, and also can produce halos around the sky. Let's give it up for Parhelic Circles!

Parhelic Circles form from the ice crystals that are vertical, or almost vertical. They act like mirrors to passing light rays, and create a horizontal circle in the sky.
Isn't that cool?!?!?!

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