Three suns in the sky...Believe it or not...

emaad

Have you ever seen three suns in the sky, if not then you have missed something.... This is amazing phenomenon of nature... Check very very intresting article on this subject by clicking the link below.

http://www.risethemag.com/viewarticles.aspx?aid=186

Division

If you think about it, every star that you can see on the night sky is someone/something's sun.

So there really is billions of suns that we can see every night.

ngjingyi

i think its due to the reflection of light or something???

u can see the rays at the sides curved to the middle part

Division

Yeah, you can see that the light is bended in a circle, most likely caused by the lens.

mgb_phys

Can't open the link, but the effect is called sundogs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog
Unless it's a camera fault

ngjingyi

this means that it isnt 3 suns in the sky but a reflection

Andy Resnick

Here's a great and comprehensive link of atmospheric optical effects:

http://www.atoptics.co.uk/

Cantab Morgan

Sorry to nitpick, but it's only about three thousand.

r16

To drag this discussion away from physics into the occult, the ancient mystics believed in 3 suns: the first represents the material world governed by the gnostic demiurgus (in Christianity the holy spirit), the second the light of intellect which is governed by Lucifer (the evils of intellect without faith), and the third, and greatest, sun represents the supreme light of faith, and is governed by the Christ.

After viewing an effect such as this it is easy to see where the ancients got these "3 suns" they were speculating about.