Unexpectedly filmed scene of 'two suns' appearing together, revealing surprising truth

A few days ago, a man in Sichuan, China captured a rare video of two suns appearing at the same time. He saw two suns hidden in the clouds.

Two suns appeared at the same time. (Source: Chinatimes)

Immediately after the video was posted, it sparked heated debates online. People left comments such as: “No wonder the weather is so hot these days”, “So the legend of nine suns is true?”, “Are we in a science fiction novel?”

So why does multiple suns appear at the same time?

It is an atmospheric optical phenomenon called “Parhelion”. The optical phenomenon appears when the sun approaches the horizon.

When a virtual sun appears, light is refracted through ice crystals in the air and forms halos like a real sun.

Parhelion usually appears at an inclination of 22 degrees to the sun, due to the angle of refraction of the light rays.

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