What is going on in Chelyabinsk, Russia?
First, there were those mysterious "trumpet" sounds heard in the sky. Then, came the terrifying exploding meteor that traumatized the city and did hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. There was the mysterious, deep craters that formed virtually overnight in the Yamal Peninsula, known to locals as the "End of the World". Then, only last week, came the blue snow. And now, three suns in the sky?
Chelyabinsk residents were startled to look up in the phenomenon-prone skies over their city to see the appearance of not one, not two, but three suns! Before you start screaming "Nibiru" or "Nemesis the Destroyer", the "rare" phenomenon is known as anthelion or a phantom sun or triple snowdog, and occurs when microscopic ice crystals in the atmosphere act as a prism and reflect the light of the actual sun, the one in the center, of course, creating the stunning optical illusion.
The phenomenon is more common in extremely cold climates such as Siberia, and Mongolia was witness to a similar incident this past December.
Makes one wonder what highly unusual event the residents of Chelyabinsk might see next...
First, there were those mysterious "trumpet" sounds heard in the sky. Then, came the terrifying exploding meteor that traumatized the city and did hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. There was the mysterious, deep craters that formed virtually overnight in the Yamal Peninsula, known to locals as the "End of the World". Then, only last week, came the blue snow. And now, three suns in the sky?
Chelyabinsk residents were startled to look up in the phenomenon-prone skies over their city to see the appearance of not one, not two, but three suns! Before you start screaming "Nibiru" or "Nemesis the Destroyer", the "rare" phenomenon is known as anthelion or a phantom sun or triple snowdog, and occurs when microscopic ice crystals in the atmosphere act as a prism and reflect the light of the actual sun, the one in the center, of course, creating the stunning optical illusion.
The phenomenon is more common in extremely cold climates such as Siberia, and Mongolia was witness to a similar incident this past December.
Makes one wonder what highly unusual event the residents of Chelyabinsk might see next...