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The scientific name is a "parhelion".
It's when there are bright spots in rings (formed by ice crystals) around the Sun in the sky. It's not seen too often, but usually it's seen best just before sunset.
Sometimes it's called a "mock Sun" and I think that gives a better idea of what the phenomenon looks like.
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A sundog around the moon, also known as a lunar halo, is formed when light is refracted and reflected in ice crystals in the atmosphere. The ice crystals act like tiny prisms, bending the light and creating a ring of light around the moon. Sundogs are most commonly seen when the sky is filled with high, thin clouds made of ice crystals.
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sundog
What is a little rainbow called?
sundog
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