Light Pillars

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Victor, Idaho.

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Typically seen in polar regions, the vertical columns of light have been appearing along with frigid temperatures at lower latitudes.


The ice crystals act as mirrors reflecting the sun or other light source into our eyes, but the light source appears to be coming from the direction of the ice crystals so we see it there.

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Sunset. Lake Tahoe, California.

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Sigulda, Latvia.

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Sources: National Geographic