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https://www.sott.net/articles/show/241465-Two-Suns-in-Crimea

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--- Quote ---Some of you may think that it's a kind of 'sundog' which forms when sunlight refracts through ice crystals and produces striking halo effects, but since it is not an isolated or exclusively winter phenomenon, we propose that "two suns" and other similar anomalous phenomena are a 'mirage' effect of some sort whereby the sun is being refracted by the changed atmosphere. That is, a combination of possible comet dust loading and changes in the layers of the atmosphere.
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There is a free software called HaloSim which calculates/renders sun halos depending on the geometric shape of the ice crystals in the atmosphere. The site and the research of Les Cowley is well worth checking out:

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/dogalt.htm

In this case, it indeed seem to be "sundogs". Halos of the sun can have various and complex shapes, depending on the shape of the crystales. Here is a computer rendering of a full halo:




Here is the real world equivalent:




--- Quote ---Besides, when was the last time you heard about "two suns" being reported or observed? This is very strong evidence for major changes in the atmosphere and the question you've got to be asking yourself is, why?
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According to Les Cowley:


--- Quote ---Halos appear in our skies far more often than do rainbows.  They can be seen on average twice a week in Europe and parts of the United States.  The 22° radius circular halo and sundogs (parhelia) are the most frequent.
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Here is a microscope picture of a few possible ice crystal shapes:



The site is full of pictures and examples (including theoretical halos formed by CO2 or Methane crystals on other planets). I can highly suggest taking the time and clicking through all of the menu items. It's an amazing subject.

Edit: In the pictures of the original news item, note that there is also another "sun" appearing on the street. This seems to be an internal reflection inside of the camera lens, since it's diametrically opposite (measured from the image center) to the real sun.

Serg:
I also that in this case it's a kind "sundog". Wikipedia says (Ukrainian version) that this phenomenon is observing in the countries with severe climate. We have the unusually cold winter this year in Ukraine. This morning the temperature was -31 degrees Celsius. In Crimea the temperature is warmer.  I think,in this case, it is because of this years' cold winter.

Serg:
Just a couple of weeks ago my father told me that he saw two suns when he was a child. It was in 1955-1957 he don’t know when exactly it was. It seemed to him that two of the suns were the same size and that it wasn’t in winter. It was warm outside.

c.a.:
I have to wonder if this phenomenon is what is also seen in the multicolored cloud's that have been documented, combined with whatever chemical's agents, when the sky has displays of days of heavy fly overs.

Foxx:
The two suns in Crimea picture seems notably different from the two in China last March.

https://www.sott.net/articles/show/225488-Two-suns-spotted-in-China-defy-explanation

Perhaps due to atmospheric pollution?

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