A simple, solitary sun image. [12 rays]
Similar sun glyph, with an extra ring inside. [12 rays]
Two suns. Possibly a centipede glyph at the bottom as well. [7 rays]
Sun image alongside a geometric design. The sun glyph has been repecked. [7 rays]*
*A faint 8th ray is visible, but could have been moved during the repecking.
Sun image encased in a circle overlooking an array of strange designs. [7 rays]
Another sun design to the lower right of the panel - again mostly encased by a circle but with the addition of a central circle and extended beams. [12 rays]
All of the sun petroglyphs pictured have either seven or twelve distinct rays. These are of course significant calendrical numbers to modern humans, but even if these numbers were important to prehistoric cultures I doubt it would be for the same reasons. A more exhaustive study of sun designs would be needed to make any claim of significance to this, but I think it's worth pointing out all the same.
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