LIGHT PILLARS

Colorful Light Pillars appear frequently in winter when snow or ice crystals reflect light from a powerful source like the sun or moon. Assisted by a distinguished cold temperatures, the pillar of light appeared when the light bouncing off the flat surfaces of floating ice crystals are relatively close to the ground. Pillars looks like a feather light which extend vertically above or below the light source, or both. Pillars of light also in the form of artificial light sources such as street lights, car lights or strong light from ice skating arena as in the picture above from Fairbanks, Alaska. Although they are a local phenomenon, the pillar of light to look much like an aurora. The closer one sees the pillar of light source, the greater seems