What causes sun dogs?

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Good morning, afternoon or evening, in the morning I encountered the phenomenon of the images where there seem to be two suns and a rainbow joined by two solar rings, the "main" sun has two rings, the secondary one had a very very faint one that the camera did not capture, please could you explain to me why the phenomenon occurs, thank you :).
Photo of a pale sky with a faint bright halo arc around the sun, which is partly visible near the bottom edge, with a dark post or frame at the left side.
Pale grey sky with a faint, arched band of rainbow colours near the top, shading from blue to red, with a soft halo-like glow.
Bright sun in a hazy sky with a large faint circular halo around it and a brighter spot to the right at the halo's edge, with tree silhouettes along the bottom.
Bright sun in a hazy grey sky above a mountain ridge and trees, with a faint pale spot to its right at the same height, possibly a sun dog.
 
Looks like 'sun dogs' with the '22° halo'. Maybe the '46° halo' or the 'supralateral arc' as well, seeing how there is a secondary ring. They're all, in general, the effect of sunlight being reflected off of ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Wikipedia has articles on those terms, with pictures and some more detailed explanation given. Have a look there and see if your question is answered to your satisfaction. Also worth checking are the other phenomena in the 'see also' sections of those articles, but I think the ones already mentioned are the most likely culprits.
 
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Bandersnatch said:
Looks like 'sun dogs' with the '22° halo'. Maybe the '46° halo' or the 'supralateral arc' as well, seeing how there is a secondary ring. They're all, in general, the effect of sunlight being reflected off of ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Wikipedia has articles on those terms, with pictures and some more detailed explanation given. Have a look there and see if your question is answered to your satisfaction. Also worth checking are the other phenomena in the 'see also' sections of those articles, but I think the ones already mentioned are the most likely culprits.
Thank you very much, just what I was looking for.