Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- The spectacle, which gave the sky a hazy appearance, quickly drew attention on social media, with many observers describing it as "two suns," a "sun ring," or a "rainbow around the sun."

Experts explain that the phenomenon occurs when sunlight passes through tiny ice crystals suspended in high-altitude clouds, particularly cirrostratus clouds. These ice crystals act like prisms, bending and scattering light to produce a circular halo around the Sun, while creating bright patches, the sundogs to its left and right, The News Chronicle gathered.

According to atmospheric scientists, the effect appeared especially vivid over Jos due to the Plateau's high altitude, cooler temperatures, thin high-level clouds, and prevailin...