7 Sky Phenomena You Won’t Believe Exists In Nature

Light Pillars

Light pillars are the most amazing sky phenomenon in the world. They are vertical band of lights appearing from a light source. It is an atmospheric optical phenomenon which is formed by the reflection of light from numerous tiny ice crystals in the clouds. They are from the family of halos. Similar to halos, light pillars aren’t physically above the lights but are the combined light beams from all the thousands of tiny ice crystals. Majority of the light pillars occur due to sunlight, so they have the name sun pillars or solar pillars. The source of light for light pillars can also be moon or any other terrestrial lights. Extreme cold weathers can sometimes cause light pillars.

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