An optical phenomenon known as a sun dog was spotted in the sky over several Connecticut towns on Tuesday afternoon. These colorful spots of light were visible in towns like Trumbull, Rocky Hill, ...

A reader has asked for an explanation of sun dogs and how we can get them across the world. So, we'll do just that. The formal term for a sun dog is parhelion. However, there are other informal terms ...

Many of our viewers sent in pictures today of sun dogs around the sun this afternoon. Sun dogs form in frigid temperatures and they are the rainbows that you see forming around the sun like a halo. If ...

You might have noticed the sky doing some unusual things over the weekend. Many noticed a rainbow-like ring partially encircling the sun. It’s a phenomenon called a parhelion, and it’s not all that ...

Many Oklahomans woke up to a "Sun Dog" on Thursday and several viewers messaged News On 6 with their photos and questions about the effect. A "sun dog," or parhelion, is a bright, rainbow-like spot ...