Weird weather 'sun dog' caught on camera in Minnesota

A rare 'sun dog' has been captured on camera in rural mid-western America.Also known as parhelion, the weird weather phenomenon was seen in Dumont, Minnesota, and occurs when light passes through hexagonal ice crystals in a cirrus cloud. According to the Met Office, the crystals bend the Sun's light creating a second and sometimes third luminous optical effect either side.It is unknown how the wonder got its nickname, but some believe it refers to a dog following its master, some think it was first spotted by a dog walker, while others think it shows the Greek God Zeus walking his dogs across the sky.The word parhelion in fact derives from the Greek term for 'beside the sun'.Sun dogs are commonly seen during winter on bright days when the sun is low in the sky and sometimes produces coloured spots of light.They can sometimes be seen in the UK with recent sightings in Cambridge, London and Suffolk.