Three Suns and Rainbows Prompt Chinese Fears of Apocalypse
by Peter Barefoot on Thursday, December 13, 2012
From NetEase:
“3 Suns” Illusion Appears in Shanghai
December 10 morning, parts of Shanghai and Jiangsu province witnessed a rare “3 suns” visual illusion, drawing the interest of many city residents and netizens. Regarding this, the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau explained that these were solar halo and sun dog meteorological phenomenon. Additionally, experts explained that they were normal atmospheric optical phenomenon, and had nothing to do with the “apocalypse”.
A rare atmospheric phenomenon in Shanghai, where it looks like there are 3 suns in the sky and a rainbow at the same time.
At about 8am, a magical solar halo phenomenon appeared in the sky in Shanghai.
Two bright spots appearing around the sun look like two smaller suns, while a colorful rainbow appears in the blue sky above.
Picture is of the sky over Suzhou taken by a netizen.
