Witnessing a sunrise or a sunset is one of the best experiences a person can have and the residents of China were greeted with a spectacular view on Sunday morning. 

The epic view had left people awestruck as people in China got a chance to witness not one but âfive sunsâ in the sky.  No, we arenât kidding!

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Residents of Mongolia in China witnessed a phenomenal view recently that enabled them to witness five shining suns apparently hanging above the horizon of a province in Inner Mongolia.

The video, which is now making the rounds on the internet, was posted by a Chinese media portal on Twitter with a caption that read, âWhat a spectacular wonder! Five suns are seen shining in the sky in N. Chinaâs Inner Mongolia.â

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What a spectacular wonder! Five suns are seen shining in the sky in N China's Inner Mongolia pic.twitter.com/uvYydtCtYJ

â People's Daily, China (@PDChina) February 14, 2020

However, there is a scientific explanation to this which states it as an elaborate optical illusion that requires temperatures of -20 degrees. Isnât that amazing?

This phenomenon is also known as Sundog or Parhelion, and it usually appears when ice crystals create high clouds and produce reflected sunlight that leads to the appearance of mock suns in the sky.

According to NASA, âSun dogs are like a new type of ice halos and formed by plate-shaped ice crystals drift down from the sky â like leaves fluttering from trees.â

Hereâs what people on the internet have to say about the beautiful view-

Thatâs true.

Will be very cold, soon.

â Ts.Bat-Erdene.mnð²ð³ (@tsbat_IT) February 15, 2020

Indeed.

SubhanAllah

â Takkari Saddam H Langau (@LangauTakkari) February 15, 2020

On point.

We call the "Sun-Dogs" here in Canada..
There are even "Moon-Dogs", as well..

â Bill Stewart (@bill_bookersbay) February 15, 2020

Thatâs a lot of confusion..

I didn't know the sun can be counted.

â Ical Genji (@GenjiIcal) February 15, 2020

No, yaar.

Is this because of all the pollution?

â english (@global79619367) February 14, 2020

Kuch bhiâ¦

Hope itâs not a bad omen ....

â Madame Gee (@syrren1) February 14, 2020

Oh ho!

How to divert from the current bad situation in China

â John Smith - Pierre-Jean Jacques (@JohnKawasaki3) February 14, 2020

Sun dogs can be seen during any time of the year but they are usually most visible when the sun is on a lower horizon which is during these months- January, April, August, and October.

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It usually can be seen in the presence of ice crystals in the atmosphere and at places where there are cirrus clouds.

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