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ourjrnyIn album: Atmospheric Optics ~ Sky RunesIn Webshots channel: outdoors - Date uploaded: Feb 6, 2007
Look for sun pillars near to sunset or sunrise. They are narrow columns of light apparently beaming directly up and sometimes downwards from the sun. They can be 5 -10º tall and occasionally even higher. Pillars are not actually vertical rays, they are instead the collective glints of millions of ice crystals. Pillars take on the colours of the sun and clouds, they can appear white and at other times shades of yellow, red or purple. Sometimes they appear as several vertically strung patches of light depending on the locations of the cloud crystals.
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I love this one...
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hjaynefoster 2007.05.29 at 06:28:16 PDT
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