A real #sunset treat on Fri 20 Mar '26, a #SunPillar + #UpperTangentArc! Tangent arcs change shape dramatically with changing sun altitude so this was a deep V-shape that was sunset pink colour. Photos taken from #Oxfordshire, UK with a #Fairphone4 mobile phone camera #AtmosphericOptics
"Morning Feeding Time"
#Daybreak #Sheep #AlmostHeaven #WestVirginia #Highlands #BlueSkyArtShow #sunpillar
I took this pic with the Canon PowerShot SX20, believe it or not. f/5, 1/200s, ISO-80, 43mm. You can see it's winter; there's snow on the ground and buildings. I saw light pillars several times while living in Wisconsin. The winters are long and kind of sucky, but there is the occasional bright spot... like this one. :)
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Light pillars are an optical phenomenon in which a vertical beam of light appears to extend above and/or below a light source, caused by the reflection of light off tiny, flat ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.
Beautiful #SolarHalo with both #parhelia and a #SunPillar yesterday over a lake of frost flowers and sea smoke here in -20°c #Sweden!
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Sunset over a fjord with mountains in the distance, golden light pillar reflecting on calm water, scattered clouds ab
One of the perks of working at Molde University College - when the sun decides to make an appearance, the view doesn’t disappoint
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A dark landscape of fields and trees is witness to a streak of orange light rising vertically from the cloud filtered sun. Wedges of dark gray clouds crowd the orange region around the rising sun with some soft gray clouds obscure a pale blue sky with a slightly green cast.
Sun pillar at dawn. A nice winter treat as the sun rose yesterday morning. #sunrise #clouds #sunpillar #nature #ohio
This is a capture from Saturday’s sunrise. This is a sun pillar, created by the ice particles in the atmosphere. This typically occurs when the air is extremely cold. What a spectacular image. #sunrise #sunpillar #saturday
Seascape with spectacular sunset colours: vibrant red, orange, and pink cotton candy clouds fill the sky A narrow column of light rises from the setting sun on the horizon. Waves roll onto a dark, pebbled beach in the foreground.
Light up .. light up ✨
South coast sunset memory. No filter. M. Nature’s unique sky show
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Orange horizon with a pillar of yellowish light coming from the ground and reaching the sky. There are some trees in the foreground.
Robert Lepage in Ingleside, Ontario, Canada, shared this wonderful #sunpillar he captured yesterday. Thank you, Robert!
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#Shiny ice on a frozen and partially snow-covered slough near Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Canada for the #BlueSkyArtShow. With a weak sun pillar shortly before sunrise.
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A cloudy cirrus cloud filled sky mixed with airplane contrails. There is a deep pink pillar going around 90 degrees into the air.
90 degrees upwards. Cirrus clouds and airplane contrails partying in the sky. The #sun let go a #SunPillar #SkyScape #UrbanGaze #atmosphere #Photography #WaterVapor is a #GreenHouseGas #Climate
Reasonably clear #sunset again at #Greatstone with a faint #sunpillar tonight in the second photo, otherwise more arty shots 🌞 #photography #ukweather #stormhour #kent
A stunning sunset featuring a vibrant sun pillar extending upwards from the horizon. The pillar is created by the reflection of sunlight off falling ice crystals in the high-level clouds, a breathtaking natural phenomenon. The fiery orange and red hues of the sky contrast beautifully with the silhouetted landscape and trees in the foreground.
Astronomy Picture from 06/07/1999
A Sun Pillar
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Showy Sunset
Little did I know that what we saw last night was a sun pillar. Dan and I were just enjoying the colorful night sky. Next time I'll know.
Now enough procrastinating and off to overhaul my moon story.
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Just after sunset this evening there was a sun pillar, which I believe is a phenomenon where ice crystals high in the atmosphere reflect light from the sun.
#sunpillar #Ireland #atmospheric #phenomenon #photography #Olympus #Zuiko #250mm #F2
Sun pillar, viewed from Upper Swanmore, Hampshire
Sunset, my favourite time for a walk or run.
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A #SunPillar over the #SurreyHills
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The Sun one evening at sunset. The clouds were turned a bright yellow golden colour. A sun pillar is shooting 90 degrees straight up into the sky.
It’s a beam me up kind of day #SunPillar #Sun #abstract #Photography #Sunlight
Sunset on a waterfront, with the masts of sailboats docked at a pier and some trees occupying the foreground. The Statue of Liberty is a tiny figure in the distance. The sun, low on the horizon, projects a glowing beam up into the clouds, which are dramatically lit in shades of orange, blue and gray.
Sunset on the Brooklyn waterfront, from last November. I was pleased to have captured a (rare?) sun pillar on this one.
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Sun pillar or sun column taken with my iPhone 14 Pro.
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Bright vertical shaft of reddish light illuminating clouds above a distant hill, with houses in the foreground.
Brenda Johnson in Clarksburg, West Virginia, saw this stunning #sunpillar over a nearby hill on Saturday. Thank you, Brenda! ☀️📸
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A silhouette of trees with the orange sun on the horizon behind them. A vertical line of light coming from the sun reaches the sky.
Peter Lask in Oxford Township, Ohio, took this wonderful image of the #sun behind a silhouette of trees. Thank you, Peter!
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Make that a sun Pillar #sunpillar instead of sun dog
Giant sun pillar behind an island with a lighthouse shortly after sunset
Chantry Island #lighthouse and a giant sun pillar shortly after #sunset.
Chantry Island is just off the Lake Huron shoreline at #Southampton, #Ontario. The lake in the foreground is all frazil ice.
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