An icebow is a phenomenon similar to a rainbow except that it is formed by the refraction of sunlight through cloud suspended ice crystals.
Brighter sections usually occur above, below, and lateral to the center (where the sun is visible).
These bright areas are referred to as "sun dogs," "parhelia" (plural), or mock suns
because of their bright appearance and possible confusion with the actual location of the sun.
Those icebows that are caused by very small ice crystals are one color,
because diffraction blurs the colors together.
A 22 degree icebow has red on the inside and blue on the outside.