In a strange phenomenon.. 7 suns appear in China (video)

Arab Weather - In an unusual light phenomenon that attracted the attention of many, the appearance of several suns was observed in one of the provinces of China, and a video clip documenting this phenomenon was circulated on social media platforms during the past hours.

According to the international website "MSN", a widely circulated video clip showed the appearance of 7 suns in the sky of the city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province, southwest China. This rare phenomenon astonished millions of social media users.

This clip has spread about the appearance of multiple suns in #China. The truth is that the sun cannot appear in this way due to any astronomical or atmospheric phenomenon.

Repeated images of the sun are created when looking at it from behind glass made up of several layers with a difference in the refractive index, which causes the light and image to be reflected on the inner layers.

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— Astronomer Mulham Hindi (@MulhamH) August 21, 2024

Explanation of the phenomenon of light refraction in the atmosphere

According to the global website "toppr", the phenomenon of light refraction occurs when light passes through different layers of the atmosphere, which vary in density. The atmosphere consists of air layers of varying densities; some are hot and less visually dense, and others are cold and denser. When sunlight passes through these layers, the rays are refracted and distorted, causing the sun to appear before its actual sunrise or after sunset.

In this case, the refraction and scattering of light in the atmosphere may be behind the appearance of multiple shadows of the sun, resulting in what appears to be 7 adjacent suns in the sky.

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