Although I do love talking about UFOs, no, this post isn’t about the movie of the same name. This about something even more heavenly and, perhaps, uniquely terrestrial in nature. And by nature, for that matter.
Today on our way home from running a couple of errands, we arrived back home to see the following beautiful sun pillar. Sometimes they’re called light pillars, and are visible when ice crystals in the sky reflect light from the sun, usually just after it’s set.
If you like pictures like this, I took 6 total (although all quite similar) and cropped them to 1680 x 1050 so that they could be used for desktop wallpapers. You can download them from the following links:
Sun pillar 1
Sun pillar 2
Sun pillar 3
Sun pillar 4
Sun pillar 5
Sun pillar 6
Enjoy!
Tags: atmospheric phenomena, light pillar, ray of light, sun pillar, sunset
March 4, 2008 at 11:21 am
Those are awesome…how very pretty! If they’re caused by ice crystals than it is safe to assume that I won’t be seeing that particular phenomenon down in these parts anytime soon! :o)
March 4, 2008 at 11:29 am
Wendy Lou! How nice to see you here! Do you have a WordPress account or did you just leave your comment as a guest?
Hope you’re well…I know I still owe you a phone call haha…sorry, crazy busy with work!
March 4, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Beautiful pictures. Is this your blog? I have addresses for blogs for Kathryb and Rosslyn, and I used to get them from Emily. Yours is the easiest to answer.
March 4, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Where did that your comment come from? I didn’t say that
March 5, 2008 at 12:05 am
Oh, you should send their blog addresses to me if you still have them! Yeah, I find this one pretty easy to use. The other comments up there are from other people (including me).
Hope you feel better!!
March 5, 2008 at 12:39 am
Beautiful! I didn’t know they had a name, but did think they must be caused by some atmospheric condition. Good painting material!
GJZ