sun dogs winger truckm9 0 houstn exit 1 scaled - Winona Journal

A rare parhelion. Usually called a Sun Dog, an an atmospheric optical phenomenon. Bright spots appear on either side of  the sun. Caused  by sunlight refracting through ice crystals in the atmosphere, typically when the sun is low on the horizon in cold weather. This was on Interstate 90 near the Houston exit about 4 p.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Image: Andy Frank